[CQ-Contest] repeating callsign - what the heck?

[Frank Grossmann DL2CC]

IMHO these are people with non-contest logging programs like Ham Radio Deluxe who use CW decoders and use standard CW memory function keys which are somewhat derived from the RTTY standard messages.

So let's hope these people find their way to CW, hopefully one day decoding by ear and learning to send the callsign only once.


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Von: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+dl2cc=dl2cc.de at contesting.com> Im Auftrag von Mike Smith VE9AA
Gesendet: Montag, 17. Februar 2025 20:53
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Betreff: [CQ-Contest] repeating callsign - what the heck?

I've done the ARRL DX CW many times. (and do most of the majors; CQWW,WPX,WAE,RDX many many times)
 
Is some institution in EU (or some popular EU logging software) instructing EU's to call you with their callsign twice?
(or if I am running, they'll again put their callsign in their message when they come back to me yet one more time?
 
I am hesitant to even complain (make note of is more like it) as they made up 86.6% of my log this weekend (TU EU!!) but this weekend more than ever before in my decades on the bands did I have (what seemed like) every 8th or 9th caller doing this at times(maybe more at times).  I ran anywhere from 34wpm to 40wpm (mostly 38wpm) this weekend and especially on the high bands I was coming back to the loudest guy just as soon as they had sent their callsign ONCE.  Occasionally when my rig was just going into TX, I'd catch part of a CW character telling me they had sent their call again.  No response (I doubled  with them)
 
Thank goodness for the "=" key in N1MMLogger+ (repeats last message sent)  I about wore it out.
 
Thoughts?

VE9AA "NB"

Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada 




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