[CQ-Contest] QRL?, ?, etc on phone

[Gary Sutcliffe]

>I disagree. Fred, K3ZO, posted about this subject a couple of years ago. 
>His technique was to LISTEN first, 

>I thought this might be somewhat rude at the time, but I've since adopted 
>the practice.
>
>The key part is to LISTEN first. And I don't mean for just 1-2 seconds. 
>Listen for 20-30 seconds. There are too many rude contesters who crank up 
>the CQ machine without listening at all.
>

I think listening is important, but 30 seconds is excessive in most cases.
My rule of thumb is to wait for the period of time it would take to send an
exchange with repeats. On CW I assume a low code speed.  I will wait longer
on CW SS than I would in phone CQWW.

73, Gary W9XT
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Gary Sutcliffe, W9XT  ums at nconnect.net
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