[CQ-Contest] S

[Joe]

And actually now days the trend of good practice in a contest is to work 
the dupe if they call ya.

Joe WB9SBD

On 4/23/2025 12:51 AM, Hans Brakob wrote:
> Except during contests, why would you want to "avoid dupes"?
>
> Seriously, why?
>
> "OK, I have already worked you (on this band or mode).  Just go away.  I can't be bothered to chat with you."
>
> I've been on the air for a long time — some my ham friendships go back into the 1960's when I was a young "Conditional" licensee on Guam.
>
> Maybe I don't understand "The Amateur is Friendly."
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> "Just a Boy and his Radio"
>
>
>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 2:09 PM
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] S
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> Yes, I agree. I will work anyone who calls me, whether I'm in a contest
> or not. Recently, I had someone call me on the came band and mode
> several times within a week. No problem. I worked him every time.
> Incidentally, I hadn't been calling CQ. He called me after I worked
> someone else.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim N6VH
>
> On 4/22/2025 8:03 AM, JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest wrote:
>> I have seen the same thing both in contesting and in day to day operating.  Given that a FT8/FT4 QSO is going to last a minute or less, and logging is electronic, I have never understood this reasoning behind setting up the program to not see or avoid stations you have worked before?  Is a dupe that big of a deal?  The other station might be running a contest, as you point out, or need your country for a DX Marathon point for that year.  I have worked stations numerous times on the same band with FT8 and don't see what the big deal is.
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>> 73 John AF5CC
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