[UK-CONTEST] Is it time for contest sponsors to introduce an ident rule?

[Bob Henderson]

An interesting post.  I read all the way through wondering who in Cyprus
might have been sending at 40 wpm and IDing only after 5 Qs.  I was
astounded to find I am the accused.

Your claim concerning my ID practice in IOTA is entirely untrue.

At no time did I send at speeds above 34 wpm and then only when the pile
was thick.  I mostly operated at 30 or 32 wpm dropping back to under 30 wpm
when things got slow.  My operating routine has me ID after every QSO
unless my instantaneous rate exceeds 3Q/min at which point I ID after every
2nd Q until the rate drops.  Only if rate reaches 4Q/min will I ID after
every 3rd Q.  During the whole of the IOTA contest there were no more than
two or three periods, each lasting no more than 3 minutes each, in which my
ID count got to 3Q.

At no time did I exceed 3Q between ID which at a 4Q/min rate makes the
longest gap between ID 45 seconds.

For now I will put down your erroneous observations to your inexperience
but you should understand how unhappy I am you have chosen to undermine
discussion and impugn my integrity in this way.

Bob, 5B4AGN

On 31 July 2012 21:27, Peter Lock <doc.lock at tesco.net> wrote:

> Hi all
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> Over the two days of IOTA operating as /P I had no access to the cluster
> and
> I never use it in contests anyway.  I heard a station sending AS4 as the
> IOTA reference, and wanted to work him, but like so many others, he only
> ID'd infrequently - perhaps every 5 calls, certainly not as bad as some.
> And when he did ID, it must have been at 40wpm so it took a few listens to
> make sure I had his call correct.
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>
> Anyhow, we worked, I even managed to get through the pile up with my 5W,
> and
> I hope no busted calls or exchanges even with my hand sending. Excellent,
> another call and another multiplier in the log!
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> A relative newcomer to amateur radio, I seem to recall my licence saying I
> had to send my call for every new contact, as has been mentioned here; the
> 15 minute rule I though applied to QSO with the same station or group of
> stations.  I now know some people do, some don't.  It is a bit like the 80m
> CC contests where there seem to be so many running stations who all have
> the
> same suffix, which I copy as QRZ?, but who's to know if they are G3, G0 or
> some other prefix.  Ah, well, a guess sometimes works, but I do not really
> understand the point of the repeat sign, as they never repeat the QRZ.  But
> back to IOTA, with 5W I was never going to hold a run frequency or attract
> a
> pile-up, so there was no decision to make as to how often to send my
> callsign.
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> I recollect this topic has been aired previously; like so many others on
> this reflector it will be subsumed by another (perhaps the meaningless 599
> report that gives rhythm to the exchange {HUH?}) and no decision will be
> forthcoming.  But at least that allows it to return to generate a lot more
> internet traffic.
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> Perhaps the best idea would be to adhere more closely to the terms of the
> licence we have been issued, and give our call for each QSO. No doubt, no
> blaming an incorrect cluster spot for a busted QSO, no agonising over
> "should I send my callsign every 3rd, 5th or 10th QSO????"; just good old
> operating.
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> Oh, the station I worked?  Did I not say?  Ah, P3F, I think.
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> Pot, kettle, dark colour.
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> ;-)
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> Peter
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> M0RYB
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