To: | Tonno Vahk <tonno.vahk@mail.ee>, cq-contest@contesting.com |
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Subject: | Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ pattern in contest - what's your vote? |
From: | Craig Cook <n7or@yahoo.com> |
Date: | Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:38:49 -0800 (PST) |
List-post: | <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com> |
3. TEST ES5TV TEST 73, N7OR ====================================================== --- Tonno Vahk <tonno.vahk@mail.ee> wrote: > Which CQ pattern do you like to use in contest and > which do you find most > pleasant when working S&P? > > 1. TEST ES5TV ES5TV > > 2. ES5TV ES5TV TEST > > I have thought about it and tried both. We always > have argument about it in > our contest team;)) > I prefer to have TEST at the end - it seems useless > in the beginning but in > the end it tells the station who stumbles on you > that you are calling CQ. If > he just hears your callsign he does not know if > you're CQing or just calling > someone. So seems logical to have it in the end. > > I would appreciate your votes to settle this > question for good. > > Another question is that maybe it would be good to > use longer more "CQ-like" > CQ to attract casual DXers in those long contest > hours. They might be scared > and not answer so short and prompt calling... > > 73 > tonno > es5tv > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > The world's top contesters battle it out in > Finland! > THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional > DVD and VHS! > http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/ > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > CQ-Contest mailing list > CQ-Contest@contesting.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools --------------------------------------------------------------- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finland! THE OFFICIAL FILM of WRTC 2002 now on professional DVD and VHS! http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~jamesb/ --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest |
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