[CQ-Contest] Signing the other guys call

[Tree]

> Number 5 is the only time He sends Your callsign.  So it verifies that 
> He is talking to You.  My opinion is that 5 is optional.  You can 
> usually tell if the other station is talking to you just by the timing 
> of the QSO.
> 
> Steve wrote:
> > 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?

Sending the call actually makes a lot of sense.  As we jam pack togehter, 
and some people aren't precise in their ability to QNZ (a very old CW traffic
handler saying indicating your ability to "zero beat" the station you are 
answering), timing is the only thing that determines if a station calling 
is working you.  Obviously there are times where the timing is the same
for two stations and one of them gets a not-in-log.  

I sometimes ask for them to repeat their number if I am not sure they were
working me.  

Tree N6TR