[CQ-Contest] SS CW: Asking for Precedence

[Pete Smith]

At 08:50 AM 11/6/03 -0500, AA4GA wrote:

>On 6 Nov 2003 at 7:43, Pete Smith wrote:
>
> > Speaking of beefs -- I send "472?"  He sends "crash growl QRM 4 crash
> > 2."  Now you tell me, was it really 472 or some thing else?  Did I have it
> > right or not?  Please folks, when someone asks you to confirm, and he has
> > the exchange element correct, JUST send "R."
>
>Ah, but often in those condx, I hear "crashbangQRMcrash
>72?"...so I send "472A" because I want to make sure you've
>got it....if I hear the whole thing, then I'd send "R".
>

Good point -- Most of my experiences like this were with Q and A stations 
that were PW, and I guess I tended to assume I was much louder to them, but 
it isn't necessarily so.

73, Pete N4ZR
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