[CQ-Contest] Re: Various IARU issues

[Jan Erik Holm]

I did learn to ask if the frequency was in use 35 years ago and
just becourse you are in a contest doesn´t make it more difficult.
I always ask 2 - 3 times (usually 3 times) if it´s in use and sometimes
during CQWW when the band is wide open it might take me 5 minutes
to find a frequency I can use since it´s QRL all the time but that´s
part of the battle as far as I see it. If someone then tells me to move
after I´ve made 2 - 3 Q´s I will move but not if someone comes
around after 5 or 10 minutes and claim I took his frequency.
However, even being this carefull (I think I am at least) people
will get angry with me and claim I stole the frequency ,  you can´t
win all the time. Ofcourse I do make misstakes sometimes, i e if
I  get on a frequency let´s say 250 times and follow the above
rutine I  might make a misstake a few times, it´s crowded you
are thired and what not so it´s just human.
But bottom line, I don´t understan how people can think it´s
difficult to ask if the frequency is occupied.

Jim SM2EKM
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Georgek5kg at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 7/18/2002 11:04:02 AM Greenwich Standard Time, 
>n0ss at earthlink.net writes:
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>>In the heat of a contest, it is sometimes difficult to remember to "QRL" 
>>each time you think you've found a clear freq, I must admit. 
>>
>
>I program "?" into F6 and "QRL?' into F7.  I try to remember to hit F7 every 
>time I find a new frequency for starting a run.  I also use a Dymo Labelmaker 
>to mark all Function keys.
>
>73, Geo...J75KG/K5KG
>
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