[CQ-Contest] Are You a Contester ?

[K3BU at aol.com]

kh2d at kuentos.guam.net writes:

<< 
 And during the course of the next few hours, something else
 happened that left me totally amazed. Not once, not twice, 
 not three times, but probably TWO DOZEN times, someone 
 who was operating in the contest plopped himself down on 
 the exact frequency we were using and started calling CQ 
 CONTEST.....
 
 And of the two dozen times that happened, NOT ONCE did 
 one of my fellow contesters ask IS THE FREQUENCY IN USE.
 Not once...... 
  >>


Maybe they red your home page "wisdom"?

>From KH2D home page:
http://www.qsl.net/kh2d/cwtips.html

Frequently Asked Questions About CW Contesting
HOW DO I FIND A FREQUENCY TO CALL CQ ? Tune around until you can't hear 
anything on a particular frequency for at least 30 milliseconds. Then press 
the 'CQ CONTEST' button on your keyer. If you hear other stations when the CQ 
CONTEST message is finished, simply press the button again. Continue to do 
this until other stations begin to call you, no matter how long it takes. 
NEVER NEVER NEVER send 'QRL?' before CQ'ing. REAL contest stations never do 
that. Don't spend a minute listening to make sure that a frequency is clear 
before you CQ, that is a major waste of time. If you wound up on a frequency 
that already had somebody calling CQ, no problem. CQ DUELING is just a part 
of contesting. If the other guy is serious about contesting, it will only 
take you a few minutes to make him go away. Save that frequency in memory. 
It's your home CQ frequency. If you QSY to work multipliers, always go back 
it again. 


I am confused, which is it?  :-))))

Yuri, K3BU


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