[UK-CONTEST] IOTA G0MTN SO12Mixed LP Unassisted

[Steve Jones]

Good advice Peter, just hope that you don't get criticised  in Rad Com like we did at gw6J a couple of years ago for speaking too fast!  Like Stewart I got fed up of waiting and after three qsos and still no call I started calling them on the main vfo whilst carrying on up the band on the second vfo.

What disturbed me more was a number of EU conterst stations who were not giving their iota number on the exchange. Plus all the stations that insisted on giving part calls only, despite me asking for full calls only, and the ones who suddenly changed their island status when I had asked peridically for island stations only.

On the whole though I enjoyed the 12 hours I operated, and the poorer condx made it a bit more challenging in terms of which periods to operate and which band to try running on.

73 Steve
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Bowyer 
  To: uk-contest at contesting.com 
  Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 12:01 PM
  Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] IOTA G0MTN SO12Mixed LP Unassisted


  Lee and Stewart said :

  > >The only grumble I have is the same as last year:  Stations running a
  > pileup
  > >who do not give their call time after time - I've not got time to listen
  to
  > >these pileups just waiting for a callsign !
  >
  > The IOTA contest seems particularly bad for this. I know there are subtle
  > benefits to a pile up operator in not giving your call every 'QSO', but 7,
  8
  > or more Q's without identification is ridiculous. This year I decided to
  > call these offending stations anyway, instead of wasting my time waiting.
  > Three responded with "We've worked before", to which I respond - "Well
  give
  > your call and I'll know who you are". This may not work, but it makes me
  > feel better!

  There was a particular GM station (visting, not resident I believe) this
  year who got me going on that subject. I suspect they might have benefitted
  from applying for a contest call instead of the 'GMnxxx/P' they were using,
  although of course the '/P' does imply 'unusual island' in IOTA.

  My technique is to always say the call but say it faster when I want to slow
  the pileup down, and slower when I want to build it up. Seems to work, and
  doesn't annoy the waiting stations as much as just saying 'QRZ' - anyone who
  has tuned past us a few times already will easily recognise it. Maybe it did
  get a bit frantic near the end, though :-)

  Peter G4MJS

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