[CQ-Contest] Contest Exchange

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

Maybe the S&P stations doesn't technically need to send TU, but can't  we 
take a second for some politeness?
 
Also, when I hear a TU, it adds an element of confirmation that the guy is  
acknowledging my exchange, and is not another run station on frequency 
sending  his exchange.
 
One major complaint/request:
 
If you do send TU, PLEASE SEND TU BEFORE YOUR EXCHANGE, NOT  AFTER!   Send  
 TU 5NN CA,  *NOT*    5NN  CA TU  !
 
I can't count the number of times a guy sends 5NN CA TU, and just as I've  
hit my TU/QRZ message after the 5NN CA, I hear the start of the TU, forcing 
me  to jump to the ESC key to abort my TU/QRZ, and to then wait until I'm 
sure he's  done sending.
 
Of course I could just not cancel the TU/QRZ message, and  keep sending 
while the S&P guy is saying TU, but then when he  stops sending I'm in 
midstream and he may then be wondering if it was really him  I was talking to. Maybe 
leading to another round of ?? or a security dupe  later.
 
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/2/2011 1:39:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
kd4d at comcast.net writes:

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I also don't think the S&P station needs to send  TU.