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

[Jim Brown]

On 2/25/2024 2:27 PM, Art Boyars wrote:
> 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.

What if you're a little gun and need to S&P? What if you're a medium 
sized station and need to S&P because everyone's running?

I view signing my call when I'm running as advertising, AND protecting 
my run frequency. All it takes is "TU K9YC"  What's so hard about that?

Of course, I don't have the luxury of living close to the Atlantic, 
where all of EU is calling me.

I'm a "middle gun," with decent antennas, off the beaten track. I have 
to S&P a lot to survive. I can make decent rate when Runners ID. I can't 
when they don't. And when they don't ID, I tune past them. That's how I 
make rate. The key to making rate S&P is to NOT wait for someone who 
doesn't ID, and/or when you lose a jump ball.

73, Jim K9YC