Take a look at March 2008 QST, page 73, at the bottom, "How Does it Work?" "How a QSO ... would sound." So much for teaching newbies the right way to make a contest exchange. QSL? Jim Cain, K1TN ____
Thank god! Maybe now we can start a new thread. This cut number whining makes even True North sound profound. My favorite ploy for testing the skill of the other contester - throw in some extra chara
Yep. Mine was hearing a station, when asked to confirm his call, sent (by way of example) "W...W...1...1...E...E...B...B...I...I" I'm sure this was doubly informative. George W1EBI Thank god! Maybe n
"When someone asks you to verify your power, or a serial number -- like "5w?" or "1239" never just send "R" -- it's much more fun to resend your power or serial number a few times." -- N4ZR Exactly!
Hi, Pete. I totally agree with your examples and I could add to the list, although I have myself used the one below on rare occasions. In a pileup with lots of overlapping callers, sometimes I'm pret
My first reaction to Jim's message (after getting the QST out to read p73) was: "HUH? What's wrong with the example provided?" It's still my reaction after going to the store, buying groceries, and s
I was being a little tongue-in-cheek, but maybe a thread on the subject of "best practices" would be welcome. Here's an example - I'm still a relative newcomer to high-rate running, and sometimes hav
I had the same thought at first. However, I think that either Sean forgot what really happens, or an editor got to what he wrote and made it "nicer". Here it is: PJ2T: CQ Contest, CQ Contest, Papa Ja
Answer to the question below: Too much verbiage. Here's what the March QST "tutorial" (page 73) suggested: "Kilowatt X-Ray Nine X-Ray, you're 5-9 Kilowatt, QSL?" "QSL, You're 5-9 Connecticut, QSL?" N
QSL, okay guys... BUT... the article starts out "You're new to HF, you have a transceiver, and you have an antenna up. Now what?" Man, you guys are brutal! After looking at the suggested exchanges th
Agreed, but...the actual case: is too abrupt to be clear to the target audience. Granted, they will learn it quickly - and I take pains to encourage newbies to say less - but in one's first few cont
Robert Chudek wrote: "After looking at the suggested exchanges the 5th time, the only thing I would change is the proper phonetic for the letter K. It's kilo, not kilowatt." Hmmmmmmmm...If using kilo
Me, too. Technically, it should be only kilo but in reality, most of us say kilowatt when we mean K. In fact, if YOU say "kilo watt" to me as a phonetic for part of your callsign, I'm not going to un
Shelby and Steve, It's true, many fellows use Kilowatt. I even had it printed on my first batch of QSL cards. It's another "nit" we can debate... The official phonetic is Kilo. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
Ward, Sure - but why not use the article to explain why being "abrupt" is correct instead of encouraging excessively wordy poor operating practice? I think if a newbie were to show up in his first co
"It's true, many fellows use Kilowatt. I even had it printed on my first batch of QSL cards. "It's another "nit" we can debate... The official phonetic is Kilo." -- No, it's not a "nit." There is no
Jim Cain, Kilo One Tango November wrote: "Why is it that some contesters, mostly engineers, scientists, mathematicians, number crunchers -- who by definition are obsessed by details -- can't get this
Because when I say "Kilo One Echo Papa" I sometimes get the reply, "KILOWATT ECHO PAPA, your full call please". Maybe it's me, but some people hear Kilo One as Kilowatt and therefore miss the one. Ju
official phonetic is Kilo." Jim, it's a hobby, and I'm an unofficial kind of guy. Until FCC micromanages down to the level of officially regulating the issue, I'll feel free call my station "Kilowat
Agreed. "Kilo Zero Sugar radio" doesn't work nearly as well as "Kilowatt Zero". I'm more interested in what works well, which sounds like good engineering to me hi hi. At 2/24/2008 09:55 AM, you wrot