[CQ-Contest] CQ pattern in contest - what's your vote?

[Craig Cook]

3. TEST ES5TV TEST

73, N7OR
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--- Tonno Vahk <tonno.vahk at mail.ee> wrote:
> Which CQ pattern do you like to use in contest and
> which do you find most
> pleasant when working S&P?
> 
> 1. TEST ES5TV ES5TV
> 
> 2. ES5TV ES5TV TEST
> 
> I have thought about it and tried both. We always
> have argument about it in
> our contest team;))
> I prefer to have TEST at the end - it seems useless
> in the beginning but in
> the end it tells the station who stumbles on you
> that you are calling CQ. If
> he just hears your callsign he does not know if
> you're CQing or just calling
> someone. So seems logical to have it in the end.
> 
> I would appreciate your votes to settle this
> question for good.
> 
> Another question is that maybe it would be good to
> use longer more "CQ-like"
> CQ to attract casual DXers in those long contest
> hours. They might be scared
> and not answer so short and prompt calling...
> 
> 73
> tonno
> es5tv
> 
>
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