[CQ-Contest] CQ WW SSB. Mathematics

[George Fremin III]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 09:08:19PM -0400, Brian Lambert wrote:
> 
> I am relatively new to this sport, but when the DX station doesn't repeat my
> call properly, and calls QRZ, I will stay on frequency and hammer him/her
> unil I hear my call properly.  Sometimes this take N tries as the rate
> hounds will try to brush you off.  But I stick with it.  I need to hear my
> call come back, cleanly, before I will move on.

Why would he say QRZ if he has your call wrong?

Do you give him a report even though he came back to
and said your callsign incorrectly?

You should not give him a report.

If you give him a report you have to then try to get 
his attention again to correct the callsign because 
once he has your report he thinks the contact is good.

So you will have to work the station again - although this wastes your
time and it might not be possible because of changing bands conditions
or if the station leaves the band or if the pileup gets bigger.

The solution is to not send your exchange until the CQing station
sends your correct callsign back to you - so it could go like this:

PILEUP: KJ709AJKLDS900JALKSDJ K7RAT
DX:  K7RAT 5NN KW
6tr: 5NN OR
dx:  HC8N
PILEUP: JKAJDLKJFKLJDKF K5TR KJKLAJD;
DX:  K5TJ 5NN KW
5TR: K5TR
DX:  K5TA 5NN KW
5TR: K5TR
DX:  N5TR 5NN KW
5TR: K5TR
DX:  K5TR 5NN KW
5TR: 5NN TX
DX:  HC8N

By not sending your exchange but sending your call again you are
letting the other station know that something is wrong.  And you stand
a chance of getting him to send your correctly copied call - if you
give him the exchange the op will have all he needs from
you and will move on to the next QSO with your callsign logged
incorrectly.

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George Fremin III - K5TR
geoiii at kkn.net
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr