[CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX

[K1TTT]

Maybe call cq dx test, then its obvious!


David Robbins K1TTT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julius Fazekas [mailto:phriendly1 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 17:18
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com; W7VJ
> Cc: hwardsil at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> 
> I did hear both US and DX stations calling CQ DX... The couple of non-US
> stations were not sending contest exchanges, as the contest progressed I
> tended to pass by any station calling CQ DX.
> 
> Which, in some cases was good, and in some cases was bad. Seems like being
> flexible is still the best solution...
> 
> 73,
> 
> Julius Fazekas
> N2WN
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> 
> --- On Tue, 2/23/10, W7VJ <w7vj at millerisar.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: W7VJ <w7vj at millerisar.com>
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > Cc: hwardsil at gmail.com
> > Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2010, 9:10 PM
> >
> > Sorry, Ward, I don't get this... CQ DX?  Then one
> > might think that the
> > station is DXing and not contesting adding to the
> > confusion.  I have yet to
> > hear anyone in a contest consistently calling CQ DX.
> > That's like changing
> > standard operating procedures to satisfy the
> > infinitesimally limited number
> > of those who are uninformed.  Did the K3LR team call
> > "CQ DX?"
> >
> > VJ
> >
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:58:01 -0800
> > From: "Ward Silver" <hwardsil at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> > To: "CQ-Contest Reflector" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> > Message-ID:
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> > Part of the reason US stations call is that we are calling
> > "CQ TEST", not
> > "CQ DX".  95% of the time, somebody calling "CQ TEST"
> > is perfectly happy to
> > get a contact from anywhere, including same-country
> > stations.  I'm not
> > suggesting anybody change the way they call CQ, just
> > pointing out that from
> > the call it is not intuitively obvious that only DX
> > stations are being
> > sought.  Work 'em and move on - if you log them,
> > fine.  If you are getting a
> > lot of them, then maybe calling CQ DX would be a good
> > strategy.
> >
> > 73, Ward N0AX (thanks to our DX friends for great fun at
> > K3LR)
> >
> > W7VJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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