[CQ-Contest] Please Explain This...

[Dave Edmonds]

This is the time when a 2x3 callsign is helpful. We have a better chance
that he’ll ask for a one of my letters.

73s
Dave WN4AFP

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 11:57 AM N4ZR <n4zr at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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