On Mon, 7 Nov 2005, Steve wrote:
> A lot of my contest QSO's this past weekend went like this:
> 1. I send CQ SS
> 2. He sends his callsign
> 3. I send his callsign
> 4. I send exchange
> 5. He sends my callsign
> 6. He sends exchange
>
> What is the purpose of line 5?
>
It depends on the situation. I was never able to get much of a run going
in the contest, but during the last few hours I found a space around 7038
where I called CQ. There was a station up about 200 Hz from me and one
about 200 Hz down from me also CQing. I heard a station come back to me
(I thought) on my frequency and I sent # 3 and 4 as above. When I
listened, I heard him send #5 as above with another station's callsign.
The timing was just right and if he hadn't sent #5, I'd have logged him.
Maybe stations CQing in a clearer spot don't have that problem.
73, Zack W9SZ
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