Hi Group,

I am not much of a contester, but while we're on the issue of rules and 
regulations, it plainly says in part 97, that you are not supposed to 
cause malicious interference.  Yet during a contest and pile ups, what 
do people do.  They try to over ride/cover up others so that they can 
get that rare DX or score those big point totals.

I feel this encourages the whole idea of malicious interference.  I know 
that the idea over all is to reach the other station, but facts are 
facts--and when you listen to a pile up, you're listening to people 
deliberately trying to compete with via interference in order to snare 
that contact.


On 2/1/2016 7:45 AM, Tom Behler wrote:
> What is interesting is that, say in a contest, if a station  is responding
> to a CQ, the responding station often gives its call, and then after the
> station calling CQ gives its report, the responding station gives its
> report.  When responding to a contest CQ, I always used to put my call sign
> at the end of the transmission where I give my report, but no one seems to
> do that any more.  Then again, contest contacts are so short that it may not
> matter.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Ron Canazzi
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 12:16 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: identification requirements/
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> As far back as I can remember, the only requirement for US hams as far as
> call sign identification is to state your call sign every ten minutes and at
> the end of your transmission.  By end of transmission, I mean just before
> you sign off.
>
>
> On 1/31/2016 11:06 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Now I get to slightly embarrass my self.
>> Are U.S. licensed hams still required to send both own call and call
>> of station with whom we're attempting to communicate both at beginning
>> and end of exchange? as well as every 10 minutes during long qsos?
>> TNX&73
>> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
>>