Hi all, A few months ago when one of the "last 2" conversations came up on cq-contest, I asked why it was so bad. Many people responded and helped me see just why it is. Well, this weekend, I experie
The sample case given went as it should, in my opinion. Here's why... You really only want the guy to give his call. If he gives the exchange, you are now stuck with an extra xmit anyway. I am assumi
As a little pistol, I disagree. Ills of the last 2 aside, there's no way a CQing station is going to get a report from me until I'm reasonably sure he has my callsign right. Why? Well, it was hard en
Most important point first... Sorry I should have said this for the last line: KE9NA: IB0JTF qsl qrz ke9na I agree that it is very important to send the correct/edited/whatever callsign. My oversight
I don't think that's a great idea: Other(2): qsl Italy Fox Two Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 59 100 (whom you didn't hear) Other(n): .... So, the two or more Tango Foxtrots that reply (not to mention the Tan
now) that The difference I see is that in Jon's scenario, the imaginary IB0 station KNOWS he gave a partial call. Therefore it's not unreasonable for Jon to expect the IB0 to complete his call AND se
With respect, I think this is equally bad practice, but in another sense. KE9NA's last transmission (above) should have been "IB0JTF (or phonetics) QSL QRZ". Otherwise the IBO never does know for sur
Well, I agree with you. And if I don't hear the guy correctly, I will not give my report until I DO get his full call. If in heavy QRM conditions, when I am running a frequency, I end up hearing just
I don't agree. If you put your full call out there there are many things that can happen: The first couple letters you say may be buried in QRM, the last couple may not be or vice versa. Actually, th
I have to totally disagree that using the last 2 or 3 helps get thru the pileup, even if you are not a big gun. The most important part of your call is what is heard at the receive end, whether it is
Am in complete agreement with "TO" here, with this exception: I don't think it matters one bit to ask for the "NA" or such. People keep calling in large numbers regardless. And any similarity to the
My pet subject. Igor is right - it horses for courses. I have a big call (GM4AFF), and when I send the full call to a good dx-pedition op he has usually started working someone with a shorter (or las
I'll agree with that one, completely, Bill. I would try to give my call every other or every third QSO. Sometimes folks would ask. I would then give it in my exchange to the station I was currently w
Want to hear it done right, listen to ZD8Z. Granted, the call is nice and tight -- not E4/G3WQU or something -- but he gives it every time while running. Even alternating one call-sign with two "Than
Want to hear it done right, listen to ZD8Z. Granted, the call is nice and tight -- not E4/G3WQU or something -- but he gives it every time while running. Even alternating one call-sign with two "Than
Could it be that the DX station didn't hear your call? If he heard your call, he'll work you. Might he hear someone else's? Sure. That's where patience comes in. But if he hears you well enough on tw