The identification rules are the same, in or out of a contest. Contesters will do the minimum to comply, in order to achieve high QSO rates. So you can answer a CQ with only your call, and it is implied that someone monitoring the frequency could figure out who you are working. I have found, that sometimes in the heat of search and pounce in a contest, that when I answer someone's CQ there may be two stations that think I am answering them. In those cases, or if I think this is likely to happen, I send both the call sign of one of the stations and mine when answering the CQ. But in a contest, on phone or CW, I tend to make things rather snappy, and can sometimes work more than one station per minute while cruising up the band on phone or CW. 73, Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD http://lras.home.sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom Behler Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 9:23 PM To: 'Lloyd Rasmussen' Subject: RE: identification requirements/ So, Lloyd, what exactly are the current operating rules for contesters, when it comes to station identification during a contact? I have to believe I'm ok with what I'm doing, since it seems to be standard practice, but I don't like to assume anything. Tom Behler: KB8TYJ -----Original Message----- From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lloyd Rasmussen Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 8:45 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: identification requirements/ The rules haven't always been what they are now. In 1973, while I lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and held the call K0DDA, a local club used my call for a multi-op Field Day operation. I don't know how many QSOs we made on phone or CW. But I was operating 40 CW on Sunday morning and answering various CQs. After the contest I got a citation from the FCC monitoring station in Grand Island, Nebraska because I had not fully identified (his call and my call) on each transmission for several QSOs. It turned out that several stations were cited by the same engineer at the same monitoring station on the same Sunday morning; apparently he had gotten bored. This conduct resulted in protests from a lot of contesters, and the rules were changed a couple of years later. 73, Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD http://lras.home.sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Tom Behler Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 7:45 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 -----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 >