Although I do not officially speak for it, I do check the logs for a very large DX Contest. This year I noticed a number of CW copying errors that involved appending the letter "T" to the end of a fe
large involved ARRL "TEST" at up. logging him large contest callsign by screens. very still similar to to callsigns when they "K" including it and -- The world's top contesters battle it out in Finla
... Aha.. So this is why I get some US guys give QRM to me at OH0V, when I am trying to punch through a pileup to Asia or Africa. I answer their test calls by sending my callsign. Sometimes I do that
Author: "Vladimir V. Sidorov" <eu1sa@belsonet.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:31:46 -0000
Gents, Finally there came a thing I was long waiting for somebody to post it here: ... It really says everything. Nothing to add except just one remark. When people is doing S&P, they are going down
Hi Vladimir: Exactly. When you are running, people who are tuning the band are likely to tune across you in the middle of a CQ. This is why I've recently pretty much changed from: TEST CALL CALL (or
it is common practice now in RTTY contests to end a CQ with "CQ": CQ TEST DE WK6I WK6I CQ The "DE" aids certain logging/RTTY programs in highlighting callsigns, and would certainly not be necessary f
Seems the we "TEST at the end" guys are in the minority Mark, but I strongly agree with you. When I'm in S&P mode and tuning up the band picking off contacts as fast as I can, I invariably drop into
Whats wrong with TU C2LL if somone tunes in at the tail of LL the TEST doesn't mean a darn thing anyway. Quack ... Aha.. So this is why I get some US guys give QRM to me at OH0V, when I am trying to
People are overlooking the value of the "pregnant pause". What happens at the end of the transmission is as important as what happened during the transmission! Consider these two S&P scenarios. You a
It does to me. If all I get is LL followed by TEST and it's early in the contest, I'm sending my call. If it's a dupe, you'll likely tell me and I'm off to the next opportunity. But, being early in
On Feb 26, 2004, at 6:07 PM, Richard J. Norton wrote: In summary, I use: "CQ N6AA N6AA" without any "TEST" or "K." I totally agree with Dick here. I also want to add that when I'm trying to copy a st