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 arg
Tonno, I am an average CW contester as far as speed goes. I am comfortable up to 35 WPM for easy-to-copy calls and exchanges. My problem is with difficult calls at high speeds. When tuning I frequent
You suggestion makes since and it is logical. However it is not practical and here is why. In practice stations hit their callsign transmit key as soon as they hear the callsign because so many stati
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Hi Tonno, I think the answer is that old standby; it depends. I think some casual ops aren't really clear on what TEST ES5TV really means, but if you're at the start of the contest and things are roc
At 09:58 PM 2/25/04 -0600, Kelly Taylor wrote: As for order, I prefer callsign last: TEST at the beginning sets things up for someone tuning in at the beginning, call sign at the end leaves the right
Exactly, which is why I prefer to start with the obvious, CQ and not TEST. I disagree with that. As a Low Power S&P single op, I find that if I am tuning in "mid-CQ" and all I hear is the callsign, I
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 e
My vote is for the CALLSIGN at the END of a CQ, with NOTHING after that. By the time I've actually tuned into your signal, I'm fairly sure that you are calling CQ contest; all I need is your call. If
there is a lot of people who come back to me, and are busy making other contacts at 10wpm (hand key speed) - no fluff (tnx 73 etc repeats, etc), its the old one bullet one bear concept. during the la
I believe that time is wasted with 'CQ TEST DE W7DRA W7DRA TEST', because subconsciously or not, ending the transmission with 'test' or callsign does not give the receiving operator 100% assurance th
as for CQing, if you have to throw one or more switches or use a foot switch you want to minimize the number of CQ times to save your strength, I don't know what logging software you use, but TRLog h
I disagree with th euse of K. For those of us with 2 x 1 calls is throws a wrench in th emix. AE9B K Food for thought. Tom AE9B I believe that time is wasted with 'CQ TEST DE W7DRA W7DRA TEST', becau
I agree with you, but many CW machines do not leave much space after the call and the K. If you only give the call once, they you might think that the K is part of the call. I like to hear the call t
Some really good stuff expressed in this thread. Hope folks pay attention and benefit from it. My 2 cents; (may be worth less in spite of inflation.): Spare me the "K's" and the "DE's", please! I can
I like "NV". Short and to the point. Tom W7WHY -- 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/~jam
fast.) As long as it's not so fast that all of the elements blur together. I had a couple of stations that I just skipped during ARRL DX CW because the only thing I could ever copy for their exchange
Only if your timing is bad. With hand keys and paddles you can put in the space that identifies the difference between the next letter and a new word. When I was taught CW in Merchant Navy school, th
Since packet is never going away and we should make it completely legal in the rules for all operating categories, I see no reason to have this discussion. Nobody should ever call CQ on the air waves
And just imagine how much electricity we will save!! Well, no need for towers, antennas, radios and amplifiers either, lots and lots of money to be saved. 73 Jim SM2EKM -- Wayne Wright, W5XD wrote: S