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Re: [CQ-Contest] Loss of Confidence

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Loss of Confidence
From: Sandy N7RQ via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Sandy N7RQ <n7rq@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 01:47:45 +0000 (UTC)
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 I usually contest unassisted and long ago got over my embarrassment at 
chirping Your Call? to elicit QRZ's actual ID.I hear ops not even running a 
pileup do it, which makes zero sense as it generally takes the same amount of 
time to ID properly.
73, Sandy N7RQ

    On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 06:14:25 PM MST, Ria Jairam 
<rjairam@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I think "QRZ" has a wall full of winning contest plaques in his shack,
come to think of it.

Ria
N2RJ

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM JOHN GEIGER via CQ-Contest
<cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
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> In most contests, isn't giving your callsign part of the requirement for a 
> QSO?  I hear many stations running who only give their call once every few 
> QSOs.  It would seem that the QSOs when they don't ID wouldn't be valid.
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> 73 John AF5CC
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> ---- On Tue, 14 Nov 2023 08:59:53 -0600 Joe <nss@mwt.net> wrote ---
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> I agree about making a "NIL" on his contact.
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> This makes me wonder if the contest sponsor is actually checking the
> logs even with that relaxed way of thinking.
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>  Not logging him is a start, But at the same time you are also
> punishing yourself too.
> You spent the time making the somewhat contact.
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> I wonder what the offending stations Cabrillo file looks like. if it has
> the signal report in it.
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> The only thing I can see doing is in the soapbox areas complain about
> people doing this,
> and maybe post recordings of the offense happening, and let the
> tradition of being self policing happen?
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> If it is a part of the exchange it MUST be included.
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> Joe WB9SBD
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> On 11/13/2023 11:47 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> > On 11/13/2023 6:14 PM, Hans Brakob wrote:
> >> Below is an exchange of emails with the contest manager who seems not
> >> concerned about my inquiry.  His attitude seems to be "it happens all
> >> the time so we let it slide".
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> > So it's OK for stations to drop stuff like their call from the SS
> > exchange, and the report from that RTTY contest, so that at the end of
> > the contest they've made better rate and a higher score?
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> > On SSB, I can tell them that it's part of the exchange, but not on CW.
> > Maybe the solution is for those of us who care to simply not log the QSO!
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> > 73, Jim K9YC
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