In addition to the failure to ID, there are lots reasons to pursue a station
before getting the complete call. One common one is arriving on the frequency
just as the end of the call goes by. If you just wait for the next cq, the guy
may QSY, a big gun might show up, etc. On the other hand, if you dump in a
simple "?" and get the call, a quick contact often results. If it's a dupe,
move on. Of course, if another station is already calling, the "?" is just
inconsiderate QRM.
The only time I think it might make sense to call before getting the whole call
is when you are quite sure it's not a dupe. (Last 3 letters non-dupe, new
mult,
etc.) You are then trusting he'll send his call at the end of the QSO, which
doesn't always happen.
This has been discussed before, but when the CQing station gets your call
wrong,
just keep repeating it until he gets it right, without the exchange. If you
repeat your call with the exchange, half the time the other operator will get
it
wrong again or fail to confirm, and then move on the the next caller.
Conversely, when you are the CQ station and a caller repeats his call after you
sent your exchange, just send his call. If he needed a repeat of the exchange,
he would have asked for it. (You should have a function key programmed to just
send the other station's call, and know how to find it quickly.) The caller
shouldn't repeat his call unnecessarily, but the CQ station should always
confirm when it is repeated. (If he repeated his call, it should be because
either you got it wrong, or he's not sure you got it right.)
73,
Scott K9MA
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Scott Ellington
Madison, Wisconsin USA
sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu
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