[CQ-Contest] He sends my callsign

[Paul J. Piercey]

Hi Steve,

>From where I sit on the Eastern extreme of the continent, many times I hear
more than one station calling CQ on a particular frequency where they may or
may not hear each other as well. If it was W2xxx and W7yyy and I wanted W7,
it makes it clear who I was trying to work. Basically, your line 5 clears up
any (hopefully) mistakes due to propagation and only takes a couple extra
seconds. It's easier if you're using a software driven keyer but I can see
where it would be more work to do it manually. Overall, I think it keeps
everything straight.

Just an observation.

73 -- Paul VO1HE  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: November 8, 2005 03:49
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] He sends my callsign
> 
> A lot of my contest QSO's this past weekend went like this:
> 1. I send CQ SS
> 2. He sends his callsign
> 3. I send his callsign
> 4. I send exchange
> 5. He sends my callsign
> 6. He sends exchange
> 
> What is the purpose of line 5?
> 
> In those instances when I answered a CQ, I did not include line 5. 
> Should I have?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Steve K8JQ
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