[CQ-Contest] "Please copy my number"

[Mark Bailey]

Hi Milt:

NO, NO, PLEASE NO! :-)  I'm glad I got that out of my system.

The "check" sounds like a number and is totally unexpected in the middle of
the
exchange. (I usually end up typing "6".)

I prefer NUMBER to COPY at the beginning.  And, the solution to a slow VOX
is
a foot switch. :-)

73,

Mark, KD4D


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Milt Jensen" <n5ia at zia-connection.com>
To: <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>; <Georgek5kg at aol.com>;
<CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "Please copy my number"


> How about "copy" to get you ready for the number, and "check" to get you
> ready for the next number?  I find that many operator's VOX does not pick
up
> for the full first syllable.  I find the above method gives some body and
> direction to the SS exchange.  Mis dos centavos, de Milt, N5IA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: <Georgek5kg at aol.com>; <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] "Please copy my number"
>
>
> > --- Georgek5kg at aol.com 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.
> >
> > 73 - Jim AD1C
> >
> >
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