I have seen similar discussions many times on the RTTY list. For some
reason on that mode CQ is typically sent after the callsign. The skimmer
guys have worked on avoiding bad spots due to this practice however I think
it still occurs.
So Doug, if you send TEST KR2Q and I tune across at the end of your
transmission I will only copy KR2Q. I do not know if you are calling CQ or
in a QSO, at least I can check to see if we previously worked while I wait
for another transmission.
If you send KR2Q TEST and I tune across at the end of your transmission I
will only copy TEST. I know that someone is CQing but I do not know who it
is so I have to wait for another transmission.
I seems like either way I need to hear the whole sequence before I can
attempt to make a QSO. I prefer to end a CQ with my callsign and I have made
many QSOs without even sending CQ or TEST, just my callsign.
John KK9A - P40A
To: cq-contest@contesting.com,
Subject: [CQ-Contest] signing TEST at the end...not so bad
From: <kr2q@optimum.net>
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2016 01:42:29 GMT
I don't think signing TEST at the end is necessarily so bad.
If I am calling CQ, I might send: CQ KR2Q TEST or even just KR2Q TEST.
When someone tunes across me and all they hear is KR2Q, how do they know if
calling
someone or if I'm calling CQ? Adding TEST at the end lets everyone know I'm
looking a Q.
No?
And really, saying that it messes up RBN/skimmer...really....that matters?
You're supposed
to be copying stuff yourself, right? Maybe that was a joke?
de Doug KR2Q
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