[SCCC] W6TK - ARRL DX CW

[Hank Garretson]

Spot on Marko.

All those who complain about you wasting their time by not IDing, forget
that when you do ID, you are doing a disservice to those who are already in
the pile--wasting their time by adding more stations to the pile. It all
depends which side of the VFO you're on.

Contest Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX


On Sun, Feb 17, 2019 at 11:00 PM Marko Myllymaki <
marko.l.myllymaki at gmail.com> wrote:

> I do have bit different take on this having been on other end and using my
> own time and dollars to travel and operating from rare places.
> I have also been accused of not iding in past often enough and I have tried
> to improve my operating and it is probably better now.
> However, giving your call is part of managing pileup and every time you ID
> you invite more people into pile-up who otherwise may not yet get in.  I
> definitely do not support requirement to ID on every QSO (as some people
> insist we should do).  It does not make sense.  Also, it is you, who are in
> the pileup ultimately who is deciding to stick around or not.  If station
> in
> other end does not give the call, he does not want more people, ie you to
> get into pile-up at that moment.  He already has enough stations to handle
> or more than he can rapidly handle and more stations would further slow him
> down.  You are free to move on.  If you decide to stick around when not
> knowing who station is, then that is your decision.  Yes, I know it is
> annoying when waiting that ID, and even this weekend I did not like couple
> stations who took long time to ID.  But I completely myself decided what to
> do about it, stay or move on.  I moved on one time.
> Just my opinion.
> 73 de Marko N5ZO
>