Fabi is spot on as usual. Its not the the waiting station, its for the
tuning station.
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Fabi va2up <va2up@live.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I think that in contest pretty much everybody should use the same format in
> their macros. Macros should be predictable. With ragchewing macros we can be
> crative, very welcome in fact, but in contest let the pros lead the way and
> copy what they do, I always watch them to try and improve my skills, after
> all they must be doing something right... I think the addition of CQ at the
> end of the calling macro is one of the best things that ever happended in
> contesting but if I zap by S&Ping and hear a 'QRZ' I will have to wait and
> see if the station is actually running or if someone is just wondering who's
> the station on that frequency, in other words I'm far from sure who's
> calling who.
> It was nice seing everybody this weekend. HNY 2011
>
> 73
>
> Fabi va2up
> http://sites.google.com/site/va2upcontesting/
>
>
>
>
> > From: Ktfrog007@aol.com
> > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:56:23 -0500
> > To: RTTY@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > This brings up an interesting semantic point, but I think everyone knows
> > what's going on. Even so, I may change my running QRZ to CQ to save a
> > character.
> >
> > I enjoyed this contest a lot. The 24 hour max is humane (I split it into
> > two 12 hour segments with a six hour sleep break ) and had a few 10M
> QSOs.
> > No VT, however, which is one of my main complaints about the universe. Is
> > VT a mythical land? Like Atlantis or Shangri-La?
> >
> > 73,
> > Kermit, AB1J
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 1/10/2011 4:21:21 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
> > duberger.miousse81@globetrotter.net writes:
> >
> > Hello Group.
> >
> > Still wondering why guys use QRZ when they want to say CQ
> >
> > QRZ = Who is calling me
> > CQ = General call
> >
> > If I hear someone sending QRZ, I will wait because he may heard
> > someone calling him? but if he send CQ I will reply.
> >
> > 73
> > Claude Du Berger VE2FK
> >
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