On 12/02/2016 11:47 AM, Matt Murphy wrote:
Speaking of things that drive me nuts:
Sending an additional "TEST" at the end of a CQ. IE "CQ TEST N1IX N1IX
TEST"
I do this sometimes in an attempt to generate more RBN spots, since RBN
considers TEST equivalent to a CQ. It adds enough information to the end of
a CQ to allow me to be spotted even if the skimmer didn't copy the CQ I
sent at the beginning.
No ! From a CW Skimmer perspective, it is exactly the wrong thing to do.
Look at this example.
CQ TEST NQ6N NQ6N TEST
N2IC N2IC
You have now generated two skimmer spots - one for NQ6N from "CQ TEST
NQ6N NQ6N" and the other for N2IC from "TEST N2IC N2IC"
73,
Steve, N2IC
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