Fw: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ tips and tricks - not

[k7qq at netzero.com]

Quack Note

The  senario below has happened quiet often to me on the Left coast.  Even the QRL is very often ignored and Freq. Busy on SSB also.  Nothing is perfect but a Query   ??  or QRL  and 3 or 4 seconds befor e the CQ would be a nice thing to have happen.

K7QQ



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>
> I think it's bad advice and rude, and here's why:
>
> Let's say I'm trying to copy a weak UA9 who answered my CQ.  Fred
> comes along and does a short CQ.  A loud DL answers him.  He doesn't
> notice the weak UA9 sending his call for the third time to me, and
> doesn't hear me saying QRL on backscatter through the loud DL.  He
> makes the QSO and is ready for another call, still not knowing he
> just usurped a frequency in use.  I lost my opportunity to work the
> UA9 and now have to start saying QRL QRL or CQing in Fred's face to
> try to push him off my freq.
>

This scenario isn't far-fetched.  It actually happens a lot if you operate
from Behind the Black Hole.  That's why a "QRL?" or ditdit-dit is very much
appreciated and should be encouraged.

73 Steve K0SR

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