In a message dated 4/3/2003 9:22:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, geoiii@kkn.net
writes:
> Several years ago during a thread very much like the current one
> N6AA made a post to CQ-Contest on this subject.
> He has some very good thoughts on this topic.
>
> You can find it here:
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> <A
> HREF="http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/1998-July/014573.html";>http://lists.contesting.com/_cq-contest/1998-July/014573.html</A>
>
>
Good points are made in the above post by N6AA. I would suggest another
criteria for "no callsign" operation: How smooth was the just competed qso.
A couple of "5NN 5" exchanges at 40 wpm (or faster on voice) take maybe 5
seconds, so after a "TU" it's only been 10 or 15 seconds since the last qso.
Not a big deal, if not too many such qsos happen between IDs.
But if the other guy sends his report 3 times with a straight key, corrects
his callsign, sends with his left foot, etc., sending your callsign after
that QSO becomes a lot more necessary.
73 - Jim K8MR
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