[CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX

[K1TTT]

And by the time you send that the contest is over.


David Robbins K1TTT
e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
web: http://www.k1ttt.net
AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julius Fazekas [mailto:phriendly1 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 15:13
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com; 'W7VJ'; K1TTT
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> 
> "CQ ARRL DX TEST de WB2EOO/QRP/4"
> 
> *heheh*
> 
> Julius Fazekas
> N2WN
> 
> Tennessee Contest Group
> http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
> http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
> 
> Tennessee QSO Party
> http://www.tnqp.org/
> 
> Elecraft K2/100 #4455
> Elecraft K3/100 #366
> Elecraft K3/100 #1875
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 2/25/10, K1TTT <K1TTT at ARRL.NET> wrote:
> 
> > From: K1TTT <K1TTT at ARRL.NET>
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ TEST or CQ DX
> > To: cq-contest at contesting.com, "'W7VJ'" <w7vj at millerisar.com>
> > Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 7:09 AM
> > Maybe call cq dx test, then its
> > obvious!
> >
> >
> > David Robbins K1TTT
> > e-mail: mailto:k1ttt at arrl.net
> > web: http://www.k1ttt.net
> > AR-Cluster node: 145.69MHz or telnet://dxc.k1ttt.net
> >
> >
> > > -----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
> > >
> > > Tennessee Contest Group
> > > http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html
> > > http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en
> > >
> > > Tennessee QSO Party
> > > http://www.tnqp.org/
> > >
> > > Elecraft K2/100 #4455
> > > Elecraft K3/100 #366
> > > Elecraft K3/100 #1875
> > >
> > >
> > > --- 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:
> > > >
> > <5A40946FF31541C1A43C35B5E2B7B20A at WardsLaptop>
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain;
> > > > charset="iso-8859-1"
> > > >
> > > > 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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