Not to put too fine a point on it, but who wants to sit around waiting five
minutes to see how long it takes for a station to ID anyway? Is ANY mult
worth five minutes? (I will admit to those playing for DX hits only, your
mileage may vary.)
You make more Qs making Qs, no?
73, kelly
ve4xt
On 11/27/12 10:07 AM, "Ron Notarius W3WN" <wn3vaw@verizon.net> wrote:
> "Every third or fourth Q" is annoying... but I can live with it. That means
> he's ID'ing every 30 seconds to 1 minute depending on his rate. That's not
> the issue.
>
> When a station chooses to ID only once every 5 minutes, however... that is the
> issue.
>
>
> On 11/27/12, Cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote:
>
> Having been on the DX side of the pileups in a contest:
>
> Should he sign? Yes. Does he NEED to? Maybe?
>
> During a 350-400 hour signing CAN slow you down and any Qs left on the
> table because the DX didn't sign will probably be picked up later by the same
> stations passing by because he didn't sign...especially if the guy is
> VQ9/WA1XYZ After all, if they didn't know who he was, the can't "boycott" him.
>
> Signing is absolutely necessary if the DX station works about 3 or 4 dupes
> in a row in the middle of a 300+ hour. It's a sure sign he's been
> misspotted.
>
> When the rate gets down to below 200 it is most definitely in the interest
> of the DX station to sign since he most definitely doesn't want guys
> passing him by during the slower times.
>
> This past weekend I played doing some runs and lots of S/Ping and can
> understand the frustration of the guys when an ID doesn't come every Q.
> However, having been on the other end of a 350-400 hour I can also understand
> why
> IDing every third or fourth Q makes sense (to the DX station).
>
> By the way the rates above refer to phone. Halve them for CW.
>
> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>
>
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