100% agree, Pete. I would admit that I'm a very aggressive CQer while
running ... no more than a second or two between CQs with no answer...
However, I was using full QSK and Identifying after every QSO with TU
W1VE. Signing every time didn't hurt the rate. When calling in Piles, I
always send my call again before the exchange to ensure the station knows
it's me.
Good contest ops like an "in and out" exchange -- knowing that they will be
on a frequency only for a few seconds to complete a QSO. If they hear bad
operating techniques, they are just going to pass you by. It's simple
marketing.
73, Gerry W1VE
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:29 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com>wrote:
> I typically use a 3-second pause between the end of one CQ and the
> beginning of another. The timing of the start of your call is a lot more
> important than hearing it all - because I will certainly abort the repeat
> CQ if I hear you start sending it in the right time window, which for me is
> something under a half-second after I sign.
>
> Speaking of signing calls, it is terribly important, particularly when I
> have a messy run frequency, for stations calling me to send my call when
> transmitting their exchange to me, if there is any uncertainty. I'm sure I
> lost quite a few "QSOs" on 10M with stations that were really working
> another station on the frequency that I could not hear.
>
> For this reason alone, I think that a requirement to send *both* calls
> during the exchange, a la Sweepstakes, would be a step forward.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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>
> On 11/25/2013 8:48 PM, Dave Edmonds wrote:
>
>> ...I wish that CQ Run stations would wait long enough for me to send my
>>
>> 6 character callsign before they begin calling CQ again... What's the per
>> hour rate difference between a 1x2 callsign versus a 2x3?
>>
>
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