On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 10:03:36PM -0500, Ev Tupis (W2EV) wrote:
> To be fair, so that there is no misunderstanding: If BEACONet-for-Rovers
> operation DQ's a contestant's entry, then so will simply picking up your
> microphone and saying, "CQ Contest, this is N1ND in FN31nm". That is all
> that BEACONet-for-Rovers does...it just happens to use simplex AX.25
> rather than simplex SSB....yet this is a strategy commonly used when
> soliciting contacts on SSB.
So, when you call "CQ" via a Beaconet AX.25 datagram, will you ever
complete a two-way QSO on the same frequency using AX.25? Or is the
Beaconet "CQ" really always intended to solicit a QSO that will take
place on another frequency and another mode? I think if it is the latter,
then your AX.25 "CQ" is really not in the spirit of fair competition.
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