Re: [CQ-Contest] "QRZ?" versus "W4ZV"

["Bob, N5RP" <n5rp@pdq.net>]

Igor,

It was just "one" operator.
It was not a designated and authorized representative for all "Italian 
operators".

As for other operators being labelled "hotshots".
Well, it is a contest, and contests draw out competitive spirits,
and competitive spirits evoke interesting personalities that might 
otherwise be better contained.

Maybe we need an icing rule for contests.
Hockey fight, anyone?

N5RP
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At 11:53 11/1/2004, Igor Sokolov wrote:
> The way one gives his call sign is also important.
> The most unpleasant contact I had this weekend was with HS0/IK4MRH
> who was calling cq on 20m giving his call as "Hotel Sierra Zero slash
> Ay Key Four Am R Atch ". I called him and having got zone number from
> him asked him to give me his call phonetically. He  burst out in a
> lot of insulting words about stupid people asking him to repeat his
> call sign which he gives out in CLEAR ENGLISH and immediately started
> to call CQ with his voice recorder the very same way he did before.
> Well, he spoiled my mood indeed. I had much better opinion about
> Italian operators before I met this guy
>
> 73, Igor UA9CDC


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