[CQ-Contest] CQ?

[Parat Gerard]

On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, Igor Sokolov wrote:

> 
> Does anybody know where CQ comes from. Is it abbreviation of something like
> See Queue (Que - American version)?
> Just curious...
> 
> Igor, UA9CDC
> 

I think the meaning is SEEK YOU, i.e. looking for someone
to make a QSO. During SSB contests, you can hear long call
CW CQ below 7025 kHz on top of SSB signals ... but they
seems not to hear each other, kind of mutual misunderstanding.

73 Gerard f6fgz


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