Hi,
I think that in contest pretty much everybody should use the same format in
their macros. Macros should be predictable. With ragchewing macros we can be
crative, very welcome in fact, but in contest let the pros lead the way and
copy what they do, I always watch them to try and improve my skills, after all
they must be doing something right... I think the addition of CQ at the end of
the calling macro is one of the best things that ever happended in contesting
but if I zap by S&Ping and hear a 'QRZ' I will have to wait and see if the
station is actually running or if someone is just wondering who's the station
on that frequency, in other words I'm far from sure who's calling who.
It was nice seing everybody this weekend. HNY 2011
73
Fabi va2up
http://sites.google.com/site/va2upcontesting/
> From: Ktfrog007@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:56:23 -0500
> To: RTTY@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> This brings up an interesting semantic point, but I think everyone knows
> what's going on. Even so, I may change my running QRZ to CQ to save a
> character.
>
> I enjoyed this contest a lot. The 24 hour max is humane (I split it into
> two 12 hour segments with a six hour sleep break ) and had a few 10M QSOs.
> No VT, however, which is one of my main complaints about the universe. Is
> VT a mythical land? Like Atlantis or Shangri-La?
>
> 73,
> Kermit, AB1J
>
>
> In a message dated 1/10/2011 4:21:21 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
> duberger.miousse81@globetrotter.net writes:
>
> Hello Group.
>
> Still wondering why guys use QRZ when they want to say CQ
>
> QRZ = Who is calling me
> CQ = General call
>
> If I hear someone sending QRZ, I will wait because he may heard
> someone calling him? but if he send CQ I will reply.
>
> 73
> Claude Du Berger VE2FK
>
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