If I send a piece of an exchange back, it means that I am not sure I got
it right, and I'm soliciting an "R". Of course I'm primarily a CW
operator, but I think Rich is right, even on SSB - "thanks" is plenty,
anything more risks confusion and needless delay.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/2/2013 1:02 PM, Richard Ferch wrote:
I'm not a phone operator, so perhaps I'm missing something, but how is
"twenty-five" or "two five" shorter than "thanks"?
More importantly, though, I think that sending his exchange back to
him opens up a whole new set of possibilities for misinterpretation.
Suppose that when you say "twenty-five" or "two-five", he thinks he
hears "thirty-five" or "twenty-nine" or "zero-five" or ...? If he
thinks you miscopied his exchange he is likely to come back with "no,
no twenty-five twenty-five". Indeed, if he thinks you said "zero-five"
he might even worry that you copied his call sign as KA1xxx and start
repeating his call sign. Alternatively, if he somehow thinks you are
repeating your exchange he will probably repeat his exchange, or
perhaps ask you for a repeat. Meanwhile, other stations are calling
you thinking your QSO was completed. The result is a bunch of QRM and
wasted time.
A simple "thanks" makes it very clear to everyone that the QSO is over
and you can both move on. Repeating part of his exchange suggests that
the QSO is not yet over, possibly resulting in confusion. Similar
comments apply to other modes.
73,
Rich VE3KI
HS0ZCW wrote:
Here is how I confirm a contest QSO on SSB and the simple exchanges
contests...
Me...... JA1xxx 59 26....
Him.... 59 25 ....
Me... 25 HS0ZCW
I repeat his zone number and my call sign instead of saying Thanks or
Confirmed, or I Got It or other useless info.
Speaking a two digit number takes less time than Thank You and is a
hell of
a lot more useful.
In that specific contest, those odd Russian zones are the only ones not
automatically handed to you by automated computer logging programs,
but my
suggestion works on some other contests, too.
And because there are still some people who need Thailand confirmed,
I often say their call sign twice somewhere in the QSO in contests and
always in regular contacts.
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