[CQ-Contest] Are you a Clueless Cluster Clicker?

[steve.root at culligan4water.com]

I think Mike is refering to the hordes of cluster clickers that seemingly refuse to listen to the operator. I've been on the receiving end of this. 10 or 12 dupes in a row, even though I was sending my call after every QSO. I finally sent QRX several times and announced that my call is K0SR, not what you think is on your computer, OK? Listen, listen!! And when they started calling again, more dupes. The only thing I could do was leave a perfectly good run frequency and start over somewhere else. They would NOT listen to what was being sent. 

Once again I find myself in agreememnt with Art K3KU.

73 Steve K0SR

-----Original Message-----
From: Ria Jairam [mailto:rjairam at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 04:41 PM
To: 'Mike Tessmer', cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Are you a Clueless Cluster Clicker?

One reason that cluster clickers could just enter erroneous callsigns arethe ops who just keep calling QRZ instead of giving their call. They'reencouraging people to use often busted cluster data by not identifyingfrequently. I try to ID after every QSO but even if I don't, I don't go 10minutes without IDing. I don't even go 2 minutes without IDing. Maybe weshould be encouraging fewer of this behavior by not working them when theydon't ID?RiaN2RJOn Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 6:33 PM Mike Tessmer  wrote:> I've read a number contest reports from the recent ARRL DX contests where> DX> ops share their annoyance with the large number of dupes - all the result> of> erroneous cluster spots. I've experienced the same in previous DX> operations.>>>> This past weekend I listened to an exasperated S54ZZ on 80m tell caller> after caller "We've worked before, we've worked before" all because he was> erroneously spotted as S51ZZ. He'd give his call....and the guys just kept> calling. And when he'd tell them they had already worked they'd just say> "59 ". VE3DZ/6Y2T (BY2T) and the P40R (PV0R) ops both noted over> 500> dupes in the CW contest - all because of erroneous cluster spots. The> erroneous spots are bad enough, but what is worse (pathetic, really) is the> large number of the regular, high scoring multi-op stations and> assisted/unlimited stations that feed these piles - guys who have been> around for a long time, and presumably might have a clue. Plenty of other> "calls" made the highlight reel this past weekend: JX5J (ZX5J), TT3Z> (TO3Z), FK0N (5K0N), FJ2T (PJ2T)>>>> The question is why? Why do you just blindly pounce on any spot without> considering whether or not it's likely that is really the call on> frequency?> Are you just too lazy to process that it's unlikely that there would be a> station QRV in JX, in the middle of winter, with a commanding signal on 15m> beaming southeast? Are you just too lazy to question a loud, clear BY on> 40m, beaming south, when it's high noon in Beijing? Are you just too lazy> to question the likelihood of a really loud TT3 station, again beaming> south/southeast...you know, because there's such a plethora of activity> from> TT that they now issue special prefixes for the ARRL DX contest?>>>> Are you a Clueless Cluster Clicker?>>>> The floor is yours. Justify your actions!>>>> (Please spare us the lectures on how/why occasional dupes may occur. That> is NOT AT ALL what is happening here.)>>>>>> 73, Mike K9NW>> _______________________________________________> CQ-Contest mailing list> CQ-Contest at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest>_______________________________________________CQ-Contest mailing listCQ-Contest at contesting.comhttp://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest