[CQ-Contest] Efficiently Calling CQ in CW Contests

[kd4d at comcast.net]

Hi Vladimir:

Exactly.  When you are running, people who are tuning the band are
likely to tune across you in the middle of a CQ.  This is why I've
recently pretty much changed from:

TEST CALL CALL  (or CQ TEST CALL CALL)
to
CALL CALL TEST (or CALL TEST)

when the rates are decent.  If someone just hears the call, they
can't tell whether the station is running or calling someone else.

73,

Mark, KD4D
> 
> Gents,
> Finally there came a thing I was long waiting for somebody to post it here:
> 
> > Guys, please..
> > Saying contest or keying test means you are calling CQ in
> > the contest.
> > Saying your callsign only means you are trying to get a QSO with
> > someone who just called a CQ on the band..
> ...
> >
> > Jukka OH6LI
> >
> 
> It really says everything. Nothing to add except just one remark.
> When people is doing S&P, they are going down the band listening to station
> by station. Right? They hear a new signal, then they tune to this new
> signal, and THEN they listen to what the new station transmits. What I want
> to say is that people comes to your frequency in the middle of your
> transmission! Consider this, period, when you are programming your macroses.
> Then the what Jukka says applies.
> 
> Thanks and 73,
> Vladimir EU1SA
> 
> 
> 
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