Doug, I appreciate your attempts to ID after every Q. I consider those
stations that don't, to be
saying "my time is more important than yours", which is very rude and
inconsiderate. As far as
I'm concerned you might equate it to butting into lines or driving on the
shoulder to get around
traffic. If this problem becomes pervasive "because everyone else is doing
it", contesting is going
to become just as rude and inconsiderate as society is now. If the operator
figures his expenses
in traveling on a dxped license him not to sign after every call, then so be
it. I'm not going to wait
for a call, so if they don't id, I don't want to hear a lot of griping about
dupes!
73 de Larry K7SV
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Smith W9WI [SMTP:w9wi@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Friday, July 17, 1998 2:59 AM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Re: CQ-Contest Digest V1 #572
At 11:45 PM 7/16/98 -0400, you wrote:
>During this, John, W1XX, decided to try an ID in every QSO. His number
>of QSO's increased. I link this to the masses of weekend amateurs who
>tune past a signal and only call if they know who it is.
Actually, I think it's because he didn't waste half the contest working
dupes....
Seriously, when I'm working high rates, if I forget to ID (I *try* to ID
after every QSO) the chance the next caller will be a dupe goes sky-high -
at least 50/50. It may not be quite that bad if you're operating from a DX
location like P40, but I'll bet it's significant.
73 Doug
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