And you can get hung up after you work them and have to wait to see 
who the hell you worked!
Pat, K9JAUAt 11:46 AM 2/1/2016, you wrote:
>Doug:
>
>What you say is absolutely crucial when you are c q ing or otherwise calling
>for contacts during a contest.
>
>In fact, one thing that often gets me is contest stations who are working a
>pileup and do not do the usual CQ procedure, but who repeatedly transmit QRZ
>instead, without giving their call sign for stretches of time that can go
>for a number of minutes.
>
>Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>On Behalf Of doug and sheilla emerson
>Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 12:12 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: identification requirements/
>
>I myself am not a contester. Wish I was! It would seem to me that if you're
>in a contest you would want to I d frequently so that people would know who
>you are. Also, that's one field you can fill in before the contester gets to
>you in the pileup; their callsign. Here again, I'm not a contester. 73.
>Doug, N6NFF
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Behler
>Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 4:45 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: identification requirements/
>
>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