Yes, occasionally a CQing station will come on your run frequency and steal
it. In CSS, you cannot convince the station to leave. If it slows down
your rate too much, then you need to move and find a clearer frequency.
Stations that call you won't call forever. That is, they each have a random
timeout when they will leave. It is possible that the timeout occurs after
they answer your CQ, but before they send their exchange. However, if they
then answer your next CQ, you may have a typo in their call sign. I've
never had that happen unless I had their callsign messed up.
Ed W0YK
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From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of John
Maglio
Sent: 31 August, 2016 11:56
To: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: [WriteLog] CSS
Hello group,
I just want to make comments on using the very fine and free CSS
program. It has helped me gain confidence in using many options such as
the Accelerator Special Keys(thanks to Don AA5AU) and keyboard shortcuts
for things like CALL QUEUE items and also using the RTTY Call Queue
function. I can't wait now to get to use these in a real contest and I'm
sure mistakes will be made but, so what.
A couple events kind of frustrated me because I don't know what to do
about them, For instance, after operating for a while a station starts
CQing on the frequency I am using. I am not able to get rid of it even
after sending "frequency in use, please QSY" . I'm sure many have had
this happen in real contests as well as I did. So, what do you do?. The
band map is full of calls so there is no available frequency to move to.
Another issue I find happening and I, m sure it is programed to do so. A
call answers my CQ but does not answer the exchange. Still occurs after
sending the exchange a few times. Then call CQ and the same call answers
again. What to do?
So I'm sure that this fine program will help many using the writelog
real contest program . Many thanks to Wayne W5XD and Don AA5AU and all
others who have contributed to this.
Any comments from anyone using the CSS program?
73, John KJ1J
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