I think short calls are ALWAYS a good idea. If I'm responding to a call, I
like to simply put in my call sign once if I think the other guy should hear
me well, twice if probably not, pause, then keep repeating once again and
again until he starts transmitting again. And I always run as close to full
QSK my rig permits, so I will often hear him transmit in the middle of a call.
Even when calling CQ to a "dead" band, I'll only use a 4x3, pause to listen,
then repeat. I may repeat for a long time. Yesterday morning I did that on
80 for nearly an hour, with two QSO's to the South Pacific and Asia the
result.
Jim K9YC
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 08:49:43 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote:
>Another good idea might be short quick calls.
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