[RTTY] STATION IDENTIFICATION IN CONTESTING

[Gary McAdams]

On 10/3/2012 6:06 AM, John Merrill wrote:
> A lot of stations break the ID rule in contests.
>
> John N1JM
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:03 AM, KH6GMP <kh6gmp at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
That's true, but that does not make it right. We seem to have a lot of 
stations who want speed over all.

Personally I don't see it as a major problem to ID after every exchange.

My macros:

1. After exchange: (other station call) TU QRZ WG7X
2. When S&P Exchange: (other stations call) TU 599 (contest exchange) WG7X

A couple of seconds lost to be sure, but it makes me feel better about 
the whole station ID thing. Personally, it makes no difference to me if 
the other stations disregard their countries regulations, its their problem.

I'll never be a big time contest station, but at least I can participate 
and feel good about it.

The strangest thing I heard last week-end was some one using 5NN in the 
exchange. When I see that I know that I'm not the only non-hard-core 
contest OP out there, but at least I'm not totally clueless!

73 Gary, WG7X