[CQ-Contest] "Please copy my number"

[Alan C. Zack]

How about the old phrase, BE ADVISED........  Good it went by the
wayside.  Time to retire PLEASE COPY.... also!

K0HB wrote:
> 
> > > 1.)  How many times did we hear "please copy my number"?  I don't want
> to be
> > > too critical about anyone who uses this phrases, but I'd also like to
> say
> > > that extra wording tends to slow down the process.
> >
> > I think people learn this during Field Day.  I've never hear it used
> outside of
> > these two contests.
> 
> I think it proves that Sweepstakes still has a connection to it's roots,
> and that habits are persistent and passed on to the next generation.
> Sweepstakes was originally a traffic handling contest, and "Please copy my
> message #1, Precedence ......" is standard traffic handler protocol.
> 
> Yes, it slows things down a tad a few times during the course of the test,
> but maybe that's not all bad either if it feels good to the "old timer"
> saying it.
> 
> 73, de Hans, K0HB
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