[CQ-Contest] CW Exchange

[Andy V. Melanyin]

give him Your call again and make him cfm it!!
73! Andy UA3DPX/RM3F
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "n4dxi at arrl.net" <n4dxi at aol.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 12:39 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] CW Exchange


> During the CQ WW DX there was a lot of QRN and QRM....exchange was 
> something like...
> 
> Me....S & P up the band, hearing a DX in an exchange, checking he's not 
> a dupe, waiting, then....
> 
> DX:   "...TU"  at 35 wpm machine gun cw.
> 
> Me: "N4DXI"  at 20 wpm contest slow.
> 
> DX: "N4DX(crackle pop) 5NN 3A"  still at light speed but I really don't 
> expect him to slow down.
> 
> Me:  Did he get my call or not?  Sounds like he missed it so I reply, 
> not wanting to break his rythm, I repeat my call and add my exchange.
> 
>        "N4DXI 5NN 5"
> 
> DX: "TU"
> 
> Unfortunately, I still don't know if he got my call.  I guess I could 
> have just come back with my call and forced him to reply with my 
> call....but if he had it right in the first place, he'd think I was a 
> lid or be confused
> or he may have already gone to the next call.
> 
> Because I sent my call again, do I trust him to get it right without
> his acknowledgement?  I especially want him to get my call correctly 
> for later LOTW match and my growing DXCC count.
> 
> What's the best way to handle this situation?
> 
> 73....John Bescher, N4DXI
> 
> 
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