[CQ-Contest] Un-hijack "disappointing experience" #2 -- runner not IDing

Art Boyars artboyars at gmail.com
Sun Feb 25 17:27:35 EST 2024


This is a completely different topic that gets raised every year or so.  I
think some of the contests have rules about it now.  And different op's
have varying ways to handle the problem.

In my case I did not ID every QSO.  It was late in the Contest.  I had two
or three loud Europeans (and some weaker ones) calling almost every time.
My report in every QSO revealed that I was in Maryland, and not North
Dakota or Yukon.  I think that clearly indicates that I was newly QRV and
running for fun.  I did ID every third QSO or so if the pileup was big;
more often if it had thinned out.  Sometimes I did not ID specifically so
the patient weaker stations who had been waiting could get a QSO.

If you are a Big Gun and cannot wait 20 or 30 seconds for the new runner to
work the guy he is calling, then go do something else until it's your turn.

73, Art K3KU


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