[CQ-Contest] Contest Exchange

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

Jim,
 
In my 45+ years of contesting, I don't think I've ever received a contest  
exchange of " 5NN CA AR". 
 
(Double aargh - is he in California or Arkansas?  :>  )
 
So no need to send a TU at the end to say "over".
 
My comments stand.  One clarification - when I referred to "TU/QRZ" I  did 
not literally mean to send "QRZ" in all that. I was meaning to send "TU  
<CALL>"
 
 
73  -  Jim  K8MR
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/2/2011 11:13:29 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
weidner at waterw.com writes:

Hmmmmm  .  . .
In my 50+ years on CW, I've come to see that "TU" at the end of  a
transmission has come to replace the old, traditional "AR" -- both  meaning
"over to you" at the end of a  transmission.

Jim
K2JXW

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Subject: Re:  [CQ-Contest] Contest Exchange



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.