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Re: [CQ-Contest] SS SSB And Your Callsign In The Exchange

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS SSB And Your Callsign In The Exchange
From: "Paul O'Kane" <pokane@ei5di.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:14:49 -0000
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Frenaye" <frenaye@hughes.net>

> At 03:44 AM 11/19/2008, Paul O'Kane wrote:

>> ... It was my first experience of contest rules that
>> required the callsign to be exchanged one extra time in
>> each and every QSO.

> Maybe you don't remember adding support for the European
> Sprint.  That contest requires the callsign to be part of
> the exchange, not unlike the ARRL Sweepstakes.

Tom is correct, the EU and NA sprints require both calls to
be sent.  I'm sorry for getting that wrong.

In the EU Sprint the position of your own call in the
exchange lets potential callers know the status of the
QSO.  If it's at the end, they are free to call you.

> Hope that will make it easier for you to add the ARRL
> Sweepstakes to your list of supported contests...

Thanks - I got it done in time for the SSB event.

73,
Paul EI5DI

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