[CQ-Contest] CONTEST IDing

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/30/00 4:56:45 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
k8cc at mediaone.net writes:

> The problem galls me even more on SSB.  In CQWW SSB I encountered stations 
>  who would repeatedly call "QRZ?" multiple times in a row without giving 
>  their callsigns.  QRZ means "who is calling me?"  To call QRZ? without 
your 
>  callsign when nobody was calling you (evidenced by the multiple QRZs) 
makes 
>  no sense. 

    Roger dodger. That's why there is a new Q-signal:

QDC? - what's your damn call?

Cheers,   Steve    K7LXC


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>From Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com  Fri Dec  1 04:51:34 2000
From: Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com (Michael Tope)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:51:34 -0800
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Packet Pileups -> Breaking Pileups
References: <691E3121EF1CD3119B5F0000F8B8459603D65B00 at zrchb181.us.nortel.com> <3A26D8BC.3D85 at worldnet.att.net>
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Every new contester and DXer should be forced to read Bob 
Locher's book "The Complete DXer". This was of great help to 
me when learning the ropes of contesting and DXing. Bob 
stresses to listen - listen - listen so as to understand the listening 
pattern of the DX station. If you can predict where his receiver is 
going to be on the next over, your probability of getting thru is greatly
enhanced over the brute force packet lids who call blindly on
frequency without listening. You should only be transmitting 
when and where you think the DX station is listening, and of 
course not when he is specifically listening for someone else. This 
is especially true on CW, where a little pistol can oftentimes get 
thru easily using shrewd operating techniques while the big 
cannons are calling blindly. 

Of course, I am probably preaching to the choir. 

73 de Mike, W4EF.....................

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