[CQ-Contest] SS CW: Asking for Precedence

[Art Boyars]

This is another response to "SS Beefs", but I tried to make the subject line match the content.

If you think he sent "x", try sending "x?" (x = Q, A, B, ...).  If you have no guess, send "A?"  He will realize that you are asking if you have his precedence right, and will respond appropriately.  This technique works with the some other parts of the exchange.  E.g., if you think he sent number 472 , then asking "472?" is better than "NR?".  If you have it right, then he has to send only R R, instead of sending the whole number.  If you were wrong, he can pace his sending to help you make a correction.

"A?" is good for the precedence default because: 1) a lot of the time it will be right; 2) it is most clearly a precedence.

73, Art K3KU