In CW and RTTY contests we all know the "TU" at the end is the acknowledgement.
The nearest phone equivalent is probably "QSL", or "Good Luck", but I know a
lot, if not most of the big contesters acknowledge by moving quickly on to the
next callsign, or they call QRZ after your report, and offer no
acknowledgement. OK I get that. That said, I just about always use "Thank you
and good luck" for each phone QSO. Then again, I don't get the huge pileups the
Caribbean guys do, and I am not out for blood either.
Maybe we need some organized contests that only the exotic location / big
dollar/ big gun contest stations can enter, where QSO rate and therefore
brevity is ALL that matters. They can just work each other so the rest of us
don't get in their way and slow their rate.
73;
Mike, W7VO
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Poortinga" <ng9m@arrl.net>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2015 9:06:44 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Survey results - part 1
Herb Schoenbohm KV4FZ writes:
> When you add to this the many stations that say "roger" (an improper
> CB import for "over" that just does not go away) the Q rate is even further
> diminished. Why can't the response be solely limited to what the contest
> requires?
I would like to call Herb's attention to the General Rules for All
ARRL Contests:
"3.2.All callsigns and exchange information must be sent, received,
ACKNOWLEDGED and logged correctly by each station for a complete QSO."
"Roger", "QSL", or some other form of acknowledgement is REQUIRED.
73 de Bob NG9M
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