[CQ-Contest] Acking Sprint QSO's

[Tom Hellem]

I'm with you on this one. It's exactly as Randy described.
It's not everybody, but it is a whole lot of ops.
It's as though they've decided to ignore completely the
basic fundamentals of good operating practice that we've all
been taught.

I hear the same thing on the CWOPS mini-tests all the time, almost to a
greater
degree. In such a hurry to move on to the next qso, if you ask for a fill,
they're already gone.
They really don't care if you've copied the exchange.
I never thought I'd hear myself saying this, but much of the time, the SSB
contests seem more civilized.

Tom
K0SN

On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 1:32 PM K9MA <k9ma at sdellington.us> wrote:

> On 2/5/2024 8:44 AM, Randy Farmer wrote:
> > I agree there's a problem somewhere, but I think it's a matter of
> > hyper-competitive participants. I always have trouble getting through,
> > but I make it my practice to wait to hear the ack before calling the
> > owner of the new frequency.
>
> Exactly. That's why I gave up on the NCCC Sprints.
>
> 73,
>
> Scott K9MA
>
> --
> Scott  K9MA
>
> k9ma at sdellington.us
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>