[CQ-Contest] Please Explain This...

[N4ZR]

Pete's example is certainly terrible, and I have no problem with not 
working any of the unsought callers in that case.  It's worth 
mentioning, however, that not all pileup situations are so unambiguous.  
For example, what if the runner asks "A?" or "L?" and I'm in the 
pileup,and conditions are tough, as they were this last weekend.  If I 
hear the other caller, and he fits the request, that's easy, but what if 
you don't hear anyone else, what to do?  My call is short in CW, so I 
often hear the end of others' calls, but suppose the running station is 
weak, but answers in sync with me.  Should I not answer because of a 
missing or mis-heard dit?

My point is simply that this is a judgment call every time.  Some are 
easy and some aren't.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 4/19/2021 8:44 AM, Jim Rhodes wrote:
> Sometimes I have just worked the ones calling out of order, but not log
> them. They may never notice, but I feel I have delivered a little karma.
>
> On Sun, Apr 18, 2021, 21:03 K9MA <k9ma at sdellington.us> wrote:
>
>> Because, unfortunately, sometimes it works.
>>
>> 73,
>> Scott K9MA
>>
>> ----------
>>
>> Scott Ellington
>>
>>   --- via iPad
>>
>>> On Apr 18, 2021, at 4:50 PM, Peter Chamalian <w1rm at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> OK so this weekend was the CQMM DX Contest.  A gentle affair run by the
>>> CWJF, a Brazilian CW group.  No pressure, no big prizes.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So here I am calling CQ MM.  I get 4 or 5 callers, all jammed on top of
>> each
>>> other.  I manage to pull out two letters.  Let's say AW.  So, I send AW.
>>> Three callers.  I can her the one AW in there and two non-AW callers.
>> So, I
>>> send AW again.  Nope, three callers.  So, I just pause, hoping the AW
>> caller
>>> will call again.  Nope, nothing so I send AW a third time.  Guess what.
>> No
>>> AW.  I gave up.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So, here's my question.  If your call doesn't have AW in it and you are
>>> calling someone who replies AW, why do you keep calling?  It makes
>>> absolutely no sense.  Even if I were P5RM, let me work the guy I want so
>> I
>>> can quickly move on to the next rather than slowing me down by calling
>> like
>>> that.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ya know, I've been in this game for a heck of a long time.  Been there,
>> done
>>> that, got the t-shirt as it were (and the certificates and the plaques
>> and
>>> the records).  So why?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
>>>
>>> W1rm at comcast.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
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