LOL!
73, Mike NF4L
> On Dec 21, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It seems like the qso rates would be much higher if the other guy never got
> on the air at all.
>
> 73
>
> Christmas Sale in Progress!
>
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Stephen Bloom <sbloom@acsalaska.net> wrote:
>
>> Rich:
>>
>> Good points ...will do.
>>
>> 73
>> Steve KL7SB
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Richard Ferch
>> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 6:49 AM
>> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Survey results - part 1
>>
>> Steve,
>>
>> Why are you sending his exchange back to him? Are you hoping he will
>> correct
>> you if you got it wrong? If so, you are waiting until far too late in the
>> QSO; after you say "thanks", if anyone else is waiting on frequency they
>> are
>> going to jump in either immediately or after you stop talking, and there
>> may
>> be no chance for the first guy to get his correction to you through the
>> QRM.
>>
>> Anyway, repeating his exchange to him is often not a good way to verify
>> what
>> he sent - if you had it right and he hears your version incorrectly, he
>> will
>> think you got it wrong and waste both his and your time sending a repeat
>> when you already had it right; and if you had it wrong, he might make the
>> same error listening to you that you made listening to him and think you
>> got
>> it right when actually it was wrong.
>>
>> If you really are unsure about the exchange, you should ask him for a
>> repeat
>> *before* you send the "thanks" message. Once you are confident you have it
>> right, you shouldn't confuse the issue by suggesting that you might still
>> be
>> looking for a repeat.
>>
>> 73,
>> Rich VE3KI
>>
>>
>>
>> KL7SB said:
>>
>>> otherwise ..it's "Thanks for Number 372"
>>
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