K9YC, etc.: My head exploded today during a FD exchange when the other station sent (on CW!) "pse cpy.." - OMG, it's contagious! God help us all.. 73 Ray N6HE ________________________________________
1) it is not a real contest 2)many (most?) of the operators on FD only operate FD as a contest, and many may be first timers Relax. Let them have fun. Its FD, not CQWW, Sweepstakes etc Oh, and go hav
Yes, Charles However Bad habits are hard to break We should Mentor ops the right way Or do not we still discourage Ok 10-4 good buddy See ya on the flip side No one thst says peace copy is going to b
Yes, but no need to rant about it. Quietly correct them Charlie 73 de KG2V Http://www.thegallos.com _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com h
Heard all day yesterday, Cute non standard phonetics. That they have to repeat a dozen times to get the call across. Or I heard a W9 station a 1 by 2 station, all day say Whisky Nine, then the last t
Yep, non standard phonetics Interestingly I usually use the standard ones, BUT if the have trouble copying Ill Kilo Golf 2 Victor, King George 2 Victoria (mostly APCO) -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _________
"My head exploded today" Hey Ray, Take a deep breath Calm down Its not worth getting all upset over a very popular 24 hour operating event 73 Frank W3LPL _____________________________________________
[CQ-Contest] "please copy" - aarrggghhh!Ray We were all new once. Instead of just complaining and being part of the problem, you could always choose to celebrate that there were newbies on the air an
At least Pse Cpy hasn't infected FT8 contesting (yet)!73 John AF5CC Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A10e, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -- Original message --From: Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> Date:
I suspect that ops, new and old, use "Please copy" on SSB because they feel uncomfortable just saying "1A Florida." Conversationally, they need something with which to introduce the exchange. I have
That's been ARRL's big lie for decades. But it IS a contest, and probably the most important one to hams, because it's usually their first exposure, where they learn either good or bad habits. And fo
Most of these lids aren't new, and imitating what they hear on the air. I DO correct them, tell them I'm not working them, and don't log them. If we're not part of the solution, we're part of the pro
Can't be a contest. They publish FD results in QST. Barry W2UP _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/li
Author: Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 19:17:20 -0400
And then we wonder why so many hams are or become anti-contest. Just saying. 73 _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
N6KT wrote an excellent post last year on the "please copy" exchange which you can read in the link below. Rich is one of the top SSB contest ops and I am sure that he has heard his fair share of rep
Jim, I respectfully disagree about FD being a contest. This has been discussed thoroughly in many forums. In a contest there are winners. There are no winners declared in FD, just high scores. There
Field Day is what you want it to be. Some serious guys treat it as a contest and others as a social event for their local club.I went out with our local club which did 3A. There were about 30 people
I use non standard all the time because I hate being copied as N2RZ. It works for me. 73 Ria, N2RJ _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com ht
Author: Neil Johnson via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 08:30:32 -0500
Considering that a couple of long standing clubs around here canceled their Field Day activities due to lack of interest, I'd say that anything that can bring in new participants should be encouraged
Author: AB1J via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:08:24 +0000 (UTC)
This is rude and unhelpful and doesn't seem to be part of the solution. And if you aren't part of the solution, you are part of the precipitate. Sludge. 73, Ken, AB1J Most of these lids aren't new