"CQ ARRL DX TEST de WB2EOO/QRP/4"
*heheh*
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/
Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875
--- On Thu, 2/25/10, K1TTT <K1TTT@ARRL.NET> wrote:
> From: K1TTT <K1TTT@ARRL.NET>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com, "'W7VJ'" <w7vj@millerisar.com>
> Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 7:09 AM
> Maybe call cq dx test, then its
> obvious!
>
>
> David Robbins K1TTT
> e-mail: mailto:k1ttt@arrl.net
> web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Julius Fazekas [mailto:phriendly1@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 17:18
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com;
> W7VJ
> > Cc: hwardsil@gmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> >
> > I did hear both US and DX stations calling CQ DX...
> The couple of non-US
> > stations were not sending contest exchanges, as the
> contest progressed I
> > tended to pass by any station calling CQ DX.
> >
> > Which, in some cases was good, and in some cases was
> bad. Seems like being
> > flexible is still the best solution...
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Julius Fazekas
> > N2WN
> >
> > Tennessee Contest Group
> > http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
> > http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
> >
> > Tennessee QSO Party
> > http://www.tnqp.org/
> >
> > Elecraft K2/100 #4455
> > Elecraft K3/100 #366
> > Elecraft K3/100 #1875
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 2/23/10, W7VJ <w7vj@millerisar.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > From: W7VJ <w7vj@millerisar.com>
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> > > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > > Cc: hwardsil@gmail.com
> > > Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 9:10 PM
> > >
> > > Sorry, Ward, I don't get this... CQ DX? Then
> one
> > > might think that the
> > > station is DXing and not contesting adding to
> the
> > > confusion. I have yet to
> > > hear anyone in a contest consistently calling CQ
> DX.
> > > That's like changing
> > > standard operating procedures to satisfy the
> > > infinitesimally limited number
> > > of those who are uninformed. Did the K3LR team
> call
> > > "CQ DX?"
> > >
> > > VJ
> > >
> > >
> > > Message: 3
> > > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:58:01 -0800
> > > From: "Ward Silver" <hwardsil@gmail.com>
> > > Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> > > To: "CQ-Contest Reflector" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
> > > Message-ID:
> > >
> <5A40946FF31541C1A43C35B5E2B7B20A@WardsLaptop>
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> > >
> > > Part of the reason US stations call is that we
> are calling
> > > "CQ TEST", not
> > > "CQ DX". 95% of the time, somebody calling "CQ
> TEST"
> > > is perfectly happy to
> > > get a contact from anywhere, including
> same-country
> > > stations. I'm not
> > > suggesting anybody change the way they call CQ,
> just
> > > pointing out that from
> > > the call it is not intuitively obvious that only
> DX
> > > stations are being
> > > sought. Work 'em and move on - if you log
> them,
> > > fine. If you are getting a
> > > lot of them, then maybe calling CQ DX would be a
> good
> > > strategy.
> > >
> > > 73, Ward N0AX (thanks to our DX friends for great
> fun at
> > > K3LR)
> > >
> > > W7VJ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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