[CQ-Contest] Use of di-di-dah-dah-di-dit in CW Contest

[Julius Fazekas]

Or they were hoping they stumbled upon an open
frequency ;o)

73,
Julius
n2wn

--- "Mike DeChristopher, K1KAA" <k1kaa at arrl.net>
wrote:

> Some people get very frustrated when S&P'ers send a
> "?" after their CQ.  
> You'll get the callsign in a second or two; I don't
> think it will kill 
> the rate.  In fact, sending "?" and waiting for him
> to send his call may 
> take just as long.  Same with phone weekends: saying
> "YOUR CALL?" 
> usually makes the running op angry.  There's a
> situation for everything, 
> though.
> 
> Or maybe "the other guy" only caught part of SQ5M's
> ..--.. and figured 
> he heard a call.  Either way, the problem would have
> been avoided if he 
> just listened to the next CQ.  RX first.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Mike DeChristopher, K1KAA
> k1kaa at arrl.net
> http://k1kaa.413ma.org
> AR-Cluster node telnet://dx.413ma.org
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Goeppinger wrote:
> 
> > I was watching a video of SQ5M operating an
> Elecraft K3 during CQ WPX CW tonight.
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl9mUBC-v-g
> > He is doing a fine job of S&P up and down 80M.  
> At 1:12 in the video he tunes across
> > the tail end of a CQ (just TEST at the end) 
> Trying to be efficient, SQ5M fires a
> > ? (di-di-dah-dah-di-dit) at the guy who is
> running.  The other guy sends a di-di-dah-dah-di-dit
> > right back at him!    Why?
> >
> > I have seen this alot lately.  Is this rude, or
> just plain stupid?  Why can't the runner just just
> send his call?
> > Wouldn't it be more efficient to send your
> callsign once, than have the S&Per send his?
> >
> > If I encounter this situation again when I am S&P,
> I really am tempted to keep firing ?'s back , until
> they send their %*# callsign.
> >
> > (steps down from soapbox)
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Tim K6GEP
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
TnQP http://www.tnqp.org/

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