[CQ-Contest] Delayed Callers

[kq2m at kq2m.com]

Yes, Michael what you describe happens constantly.  But the pileup 
"owner and operator"  should be able to immediately hear the guys 
continuing to call as soon as he/she finishes giving the exchange - and 
then he/she quickly realizes that the exchange just sent was probably 
never heard by the station that it was being given to.  And that 
evaluation takes into account how loud the callers are, how loud the 
station you are working is and how loud you probably are to them and 
whether or not they are having problems copying you through qrn and 
other crud.

There is a difference between running on 80 and 160 with static crashes 
and s5 callers with s9 + 20 local stations qrming you vs. running on 15 
and 20 with S9 + 20 signals on a quiet band.  I didn't mention this 
before because it is fairly self-evident (at least to me) LOL!.

When my 15 or 20 meter run freq. is clear and I am loud and they are 
loud and no one is calling when I finish giving my report, the vast 
majority of the exchange "no shows" are multis working someone else on 
another band.  Some of them are serial offenders too, contest after 
contest.  Until/unless more ops treat them like Fred and I do, they 
won't get the message either.  But I don't hold a grudge - this is radio 
contesting not brain surgery and nothing crucial is at stake even though 
it may feel that way at the time.  :-)   We are all in this to have fun 
so if the station comes back later and calls in again I will work them.  
I may make them wait a a minute or two while I work another other 
stations, but I will work them.  OTOH if they make me wait AGAIN, then I 
will simply ignore them or tell them to qsy and stop qrming me.  That's 
only happened with one station ever.

73

Bob, KQ2M



On 2021-12-02 19:57, Michael Ritz wrote:
> Here's another view from somebody who was 100% S&P last weekend. Say
> somebody I need as a double-mult is calling CQ, and I put my callsign
> in the pile-up to work him. While the pile-up is still calling, the
> needed station comes back with "W7VO 5911". I can't hear him come back
> to me over the pile-up, and can only hear him when the pile up dies
> down. Then he comes back with a "W7VO 5911" a second time, or maybe
> even a third time, and I finally can give him my exchange. I feel bad
> that he had to come back to me several times, but it's not my fault
> the lids just keep calling over the QSO. I really APPRECIATE that the
> op stuck with me to make the QSO. That happened to me several times
> last weekend.
> 
> 73;
> Mike
> W7VO
> 
> 
>> On 12/02/2021 1:37 PM kq2m at kq2m.com wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Love it!  Fred that's a great description of my reasoning as well and
>> EXACTLY what I do.
>> 
>> When someone calls and I give them a report and they don't respond 
>> once,
>> twice, I have already lost callers in my pileup and valuable qso's 
>> that
>> I could have made.  And then when that loud station calls again, they
>> are qrming the rest of the pileup AGAIN and I lose more callers 
>> because
>> they have called yet again and still did not work me and they get
>> frustrated and qsy.
>> 
>> It's one thing if the 2 radio op got confused and made a mistake.  I
>> certainly have made my share of mistakes; BUT, I NEVER called a DX
>> station on THEIR freq. and then made them wait for me while I worked
>> someone on another band.  That's exceptionally rude operating.
>> 
>> In my experience this problem seems limited to the Multi ops.  The 
>> SO2R
>> guys, even if they are new at SO2R, seem to do a MUCH better job of
>> responding quickly.
>> 
>> 73
>> 
>> Bob, KQ2M
>> 
>> 
>> On 2021-12-02 14:19, Fred Kleber wrote:
>> > I do not have a lot of patience for SO2R / In-band, or whatever kind
>> > of stations that don’t come back after two calls.  If I have a pileup,
>> > my time and rate is just as valuable as the delayed caller’s.
>> >
>> > My rule is two responses and if the delayed caller doesn’t come back,
>> > either they don’t copy me well or they are waiting for a QSO to finish
>> > on another radio.  Regardless, I then either CQ or QRZ.  Of course
>> > this strategy might be different for someone who is from a call area
>> > with an abundance of callers.
>> >
>> > If the calling station still wants a QSO, they can call again, but if
>> > there are other callers, I will use a ‘mental band pass’ filter to
>> > give other callers priority, as it is highly likely I will get a
>> > quicker reply from a different station.  If the calling station is
>> > obviously a newer call, KF0XYZ,etc. then I will be more forgiving
>> > regarding a response.
>> >
>> > On the flip side, I rarely call a station more than 3 times.  If the
>> > station is a mult, I then evaluate the mult vs. QSO ratio and decide
>> > how long to call.
>> >
>> > YMMV.  Back to net….
>> >
>> > 73,
>> > Fred, NP2X