[CQ-Contest] Contest Exchange

KAZeringue kazeringue at aol.com
Wed Feb 2 17:29:57 PST 2011


> I'm a sucker for a good hypothetical

OK, here's another hypothetical....

Supposing I want to optimize my transmission for maximum CW skimmer spot 
potential as well as Qso's, is there a "best" call to make?

CQ TEST W4KAZ W4KAZ

-or-

TEST W4KAZ W4KAZ

Pushing my luck, is

TEST W4KAZ

more or less likely to be caught and spotted by a skimmer...

I generally tend towards the "cq test call call", since with low 
power/poor antennas there is more dead space between Q's, but being 
picked up by more skimmers probably would get me more spots and Q's with 
the spot punchers.

73 de w4kaz


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