Exactly,
When I play in a contest or are in the middle of teaching someone new, I
Use what I call my 2-2-2 rule. This applies to my pipsqueak station, a
Big gun may adjust things.
When CQing "Running" if I do not make a Q at least at the worst every 2
minutes I stop and start to S&P
When S&Ping and I find a station to work, If I do not get them in 2
calls, the pile is too big, leave and try again later next time across
the band.
When finding during a S&P a station to possibly work, if they do not ID
after they make 2 contacts, I again move on, he's too busy too many
callers, come back again later,
Joe WB9SBD
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On 2/23/2016 4:28 AM, Tom Carrubba KA2D wrote:
Simple solution. Don't work them!
I usually S&P and get decent rate going, I will not work a station who
does not ID in a timely manner.
Sure, it diminishes my score but it also affects theirs..
So, no ID, no qso
73 -Tom KA2D
-----Original Message----- From: Drew Vonada-Smith
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 6:14 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Your Call?
All,
Key clicks and GJ0KE were indeed annoying this contest. But what
drove me nuts, and I am surprised not to be reading it from others
yet, was the "No ID while running" situation. ***It has gotten much
worse***. The practice seems to be most evident in SA and the Caribbean.
I heard *many* stations not IDing for a dozen QSOs. I heard one not
ID for over 15 minutes - I felt compelled to stay there and measure
it. This destroys the rate of people doing unassisted S&P. Many good
contesters in the Caribbean make great rates and ID every or nearly
every QSO. So this practice is a way to improve your rate by a tiny
fraction at the cost of a HUGE impact on others. This is not within
the spirit or rules of any contest. It is poor sportsmanship at best.
To make it worse, a few stations (and I will name names from my notes
if asked) refused a fill even when working a station asking "Call?"
And I heard one pointedly answered "NO" when a dozen in the pileup
repeatedly asked for "CALL?" This isn't just bad practice, it is
spitting in the face of others who operate skillfully.
I've actually had contesters tell me proudly how efficient they were
because after each QSO in a big run, they skip the TU and their call
and just send a dit. We need to change this mindset.
Perhaps no rule changes are needed. But I call upon all of you to
join in publicly noting that this isn't acceptable. And I call upon
sponsors to get tough on abusers. If no reasonable attitude is
forthcoming, the solution is to require a callsign every QSO. That may
be seen by some as "extreme", but IMHO, this is best practice in any
case.
73, Drew K3PA
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