Nothing in the rules about how often to ID.
All depends on the pileup and common sense should prevail.
It is up the operator to control his own pileup in his own way.
R5GA
01.11.2013, 18:03, "Martin , LU5DX" <lu5dx@lucg.com.ar>:
> I totally agree with you Bob.
> Last year during CQ WW DX CW, even though I was assisted, I had to wait up
> to three minutes on an guy in zone 33 to send his call and confirm who I
> contacted.
> For other in zone 8, I had to wait 21 Qs before he IDed again.
> This year I'll enter SOAB from CE3CT, so the pain will be even worse. Must
> be frustrating to spend a minute or two waiting on someone to ID without
> even knowing if he already is in your log or not.
> Unless this is required by the rules, I believe this will continue.
> There are lots of things to shorten:
> ENN at a faster speed.
> The zone exchange (which is obvious in most cases) also at a faster speed.
> EE instead of TU
> Test or TST at a faster speed.
> etc.
> Those thing, like it or not, don't hurt as much as not sending the
> station's callsign for such long periods of time.
>
> I believe a reasonable ID ratio is 1:3 (ID:Qs)...1:4 tops. Depending on the
> QSO rate at which the running station is working. It should result in folks
> IDing once every 20-25 secs, no more than that.
>
> Vy 73.
>
> Martin, LU5DX
>
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 3:04 AM, Bob Kupps <n6bk@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> It appears to me that many of the big rare contest stations are maximizing
>> their rates by never IDing as long as there are enough assisted guys
>> calling who already know who they are. This makes classic S&P particularly
>> agonizing and IMO all running stations should be required to ID at least
>> once every some number of Qs. I realize that assisted is a different
>> category, but the guys out there who don't play my computer vs yours will
>> continue to diminish in number if it's no fun...
>>
>> 73 HS0ZIA
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