[CQ-Contest] Delayed Callers

[Hans Brakob]

Over time I’ve developed a mental list of “slow responders”.  Almost unconsciously I tune right on past.

73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™

73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2021 7:57:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Delayed Callers

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
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