[CQ-Contest] CW Exchange

[Henk Remijn PA5KT]

I will never give a report to the dx if I am not sure he copied my 
callsign correct.
So send your call again until you hear the dx coming back with your call.
What does not work is what you did in below example, the running station 
gets confused because you are sending your call again during the report, 
so he might think he copied your call wrong.

That also works for the speed difference. I usually run at 33wpm. If a 
slow station answers I first give a report at my speed, if he gives a 
report its ok, but if he sends his call again I slow down and make the 
qso at lower speed. Works fine.

73 Henk PA5KT

Op 28-11-2011 21:39, n4dxi at arrl.net schreef:
> 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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