[SCCC] W6TK - ARRL DX CW

[Bruce Horn]

Hi Bill,

While CQWW may have a rule regarding timely IDing, I'm not sure how much it's enforced. Timely IDing in this weekend's DX CW contest seemed better than either CQWW DX contest from last fall when I had to wait minutes for at least a half-dozen stations to ID. This type of rule seems to be more aspirational than enforceable.

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Haddon" <haddon.bill at gmail.com>
To: "Dick Stepanian" <dickw6tk at gmail.com>
Cc: "SCCC Reflector" <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2019 9:26:36 PM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] W6TK - ARRL DX CW

W6TK wrote:
>Frustration on Sunday afternoon: why
don't guys sign their calls - and why do callers just keep calling?

ARRL is in the contesting stone age. . .CQWW adopted the ID rule some time
ago. . from CQWW 2018 rules:

*XII. JUDGING:*

. . . . . unsportsmanlike conduct may lead to disciplinary action by the
Committee.

*A. Unsportsmanlike Conduct:* Examples of unsportsmanlike conduct include,
but are not limited to:

. . . . . .

6. Running stations not identifying in a timely manner (i.e., 1 minute).
 ==========================

Worst offender on Sunday:
V4/W3UL -- wasted 5 mins.  He was my 2nd QSO in the contest at 0001 on 20m
on Fri.   Also. .  TF3SG Sunday afternoon, but at least it was a new QSO.

But, W3UL did supply an important multiplier for us.

Otherwise, not too much problem with failure to id. .  at least in my case
(700 Q's and 500,000 pints) . .  no   actually points (did not drink 807's
during the contest -- half a million of them would be somewhat excessive).

[A possible answer . . if a station doesn't ID in a minute, allow
Non-assisted ops to look at the spot for that station.]

73 Bill N6ZFO

PS . . Dick, I heard KA3DRR on 20m Saturday afternoon. . Is he back?


On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 4:11 PM Dick Stepanian <dickw6tk at gmail.com> wrote:

>                     ARRL DX Contest, CW - 2019
>
> Call: W6TK
> Operator(s): W6TK
> Station: W6TK
>
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: SB
> Operating Time (hrs): 19
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>   160:    9     8
>    80:   56    35
>    40:  124    52
>    20:  362    94
>    15:   60    30
>    10:    0     0
> -------------------
> Total:  611   219  Total Score = 401,427
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Comments: I thought Friday evening was great condx.  40 Mtrs - stateside
> guys were down in signal strength while DX was coming through well.  I was
> originally
> planning on 20 Mtr Single Band - but 40, 80 and even 160 with my wimpy
> sloper was somewhat productive. Even worked several EU's on 80.  I though
> Sat night
> was much noisier than Friday night,  Frustration on Sunday afternoon: why
> don't guys sign their calls - and why do callers just keep calling?  Single
> op forces me
> to wait for the DX station to either sign his call or wait for all the
> callers to pause long enough to copy the call.  Some guys have it down good
> - ID every few Q's
> at most!  Oh well - nothing new!  Fun to have BIC.  Until next time - 73.
> Dick
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