[UK-CONTEST] Contest exchange stuff

[G3SJJ]

Absolutely correct Ian.

The problem on this discussion though was that I dared to criticise SD, 
which made people go all weak at the knees and be abusive. Strange, but 
if the design fault I highlighted had been in N1MM say, there wouldn't 
have been all the flack and we would have had a sensible discussion on 
how to prevent unnecessary information being sent.

Bit like a few years ago with the suggestion to adopt the Euro. All the 
blue-rinse brigade came out waving their handbags!

I had a few QSOs last night in CQWW160SSB (sorrry) but didn't come 
across the SD Effect at all! As the Yanks say, go figure!

Chris SJJ


Ian Fugler G4IIY wrote:

>I was loathe to enter this debate and have, like others, held back.
>
>To me, there are two considerations here: everybody in life is on a learning 
>curve; and, at least in my walk of life, we are encouraged to embrace 
>diversity.
>
>I can remember spending years listening to the bands before even taking the 
>RAE (still at a tender age) and getting on the air.  By then I knew the 
>exchange for a 'standard' QSO (RST, name, QTH, rig, ant wx, QSL via the 
>buro...), ragchew on a local 80m Sunday morning net and a high rate contest. 
>But it took a few years to determine what the standard, accepted format was 
>for all of those, given that there were so many variations.  I remember 
>listening to an 80m net every Saturday/Sunday where the G2 net controller 
>insisted on reversing the normal(?) callsign order in between 'overs'.  He 
>was also my CW mentor and someone for whom I had the greatest admiration. 
>But I realised that his sequence for callsign exchange did not fit with the 
>norm and I never copied it.
>
>What's the point then?  Well, if we accept that some of those on the 80m 
>Club Championship nights are less hardened in the contest arena, if my 
>experience is repeated, they will learn by listening to others on the night 
>and from feedback after the event.  Many will adjust their technique. 
>Others, deliberately and understandably, deviate from the 'norm'.  They do 
>so either occasionally, for instance, where there might be some doubt about 
>who they are calling, or consistently because they choose to be different. 
>I have been in frequency fights and welcomed confirmation that x is calling 
>me.  To me it's about participating, listening and learning - the idea for a 
>RadCom article is good, and, encouraging less experienced operators on to 
>the contests, giving them some considered and appropriate mentoring after 
>the event is great.
>
>I think, from reviewing all the posts, that none of us is far apart on this. 
>We all want to encourage new people on to the Club Championship contests, 
>give feedback that encourages them to participate again and, perhaps, give 
>some tips about operating techniques that could ultimately be helpful to 
>improve rates/scores.
>
>I'm off to give away a few more points in the UBA contest now!
>
>Ian G4IIY 
>
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