[CQ-Contest] cqww etiquette

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 10:11 PM,  <ka3qlf at comcast.net> wrote:

> When is a good time to work fellow US hams for country/zone mult during cqww..early, late, middle, during a slow run, or does it really matter? Is this a taboo thing, and generally isn't done?

I try to wait until Sunday, but don't wait too long.  One local
station I needed to work for zone credit on 10m was missing-in-action
when I tried to find them.  I finally had to work their 15m station
and let the operator know I was looking for them on 10m.

Also, there may be better times to find certain zones, depending on
the time of the day and propagation.  Zone 3 is hard for me on 15m
from Colorado.  During CQWW Phone, I found a loud VE7 calling CQ
Sunday afternoon out of the blue, but this weekend, I ended up working
a much weaker station from 7-land when he was the *first* and only one
I heard!

NEVER do it when the station you want to work has a high rate.  I use
the three CQ rule -- wait for three unanswered CQs before calling.

73 - Jim AD1C

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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us