One does not argue with the wisdom from A Boy & His Radio.
And no wisecracks regarding Hans being that boy.
73, Ron W3WN
> On Feb 18, 2025, at 4:39 PM, Hans Brakob <kzerohb@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Once delayed is a smart way to beat a pileup.
>
> Calling twice is deliberate QRM.
>
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>
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>
> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces+kzerohb=gmail.com@contesting.com> on
> behalf of Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 12:40 PM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com <cq-contest@contesting.com>; Mike Smith VE9AA
> <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] repeating callsign - what the heck?
>
> Consider this Mike:
> You call "CQ TEST" (in one form or another).
> 5 dozen people who haven't worked you all call you back immediately.
> 1 person sends their call either a second time right after the pileup... or
> once, delayed.
> Now, what call are you likely to notice first?
> 73, ron w3wn
> On Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 08:43:25 AM EST, Mike Smith VE9AA
> <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>
> I've done the ARRL DX CW many times. (and do most of the majors;
> CQWW,WPX,WAE,RDX many many times)
>
> Is some institution in EU (or some popular EU logging software) instructing
> EU's to call you with their callsign twice?
> (or if I am running, they'll again put their callsign in their message when
> they come back to me yet one more time?
>
> I am hesitant to even complain (make note of is more like it) as they made
> up 86.6% of my log this weekend (TU EU!!) but this weekend more than ever
> before in my decades on the bands did I have (what seemed like) every 8th or
> 9th caller doing this at times(maybe more at times). I ran anywhere from
> 34wpm to 40wpm (mostly 38wpm) this weekend and especially on the high bands
> I was coming back to the loudest guy just as soon as they had sent their
> callsign ONCE. Occasionally when my rig was just going into TX, I'd catch
> part of a CW character telling me they had sent their call again. No
> response (I doubled with them)
>
> Thank goodness for the "=" key in N1MMLogger+ (repeats last message sent) I
> about wore it out.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> VE9AA “NB”
>
> Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada
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