[CQ-Contest] CQ WW Survey results - part 1

[Neal Campbell]

It seems like the qso rates would be much higher if the other guy never got
on the air at all.

73

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Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC



On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Stephen Bloom <sbloom at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> Rich:
>
> Good points ...will do.
>
> 73
> Steve KL7SB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Richard Ferch
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 6:49 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ WW Survey results - part 1
>
> Steve,
>
> Why are you sending his exchange back to him? Are you hoping he will
> correct
> you if you got it wrong? If so, you are waiting until far too late in the
> QSO; after you say "thanks", if anyone else is waiting on frequency they
> are
> going to jump in either immediately or after you stop talking, and there
> may
> be no chance for the first guy to get his correction to you through the
> QRM.
>
> Anyway, repeating his exchange to him is often not a good way to verify
> what
> he sent - if you had it right and he hears your version incorrectly, he
> will
> think you got it wrong and waste both his and your time sending a repeat
> when you already had it right; and if you had it wrong, he might make the
> same error listening to you that you made listening to him and think you
> got
> it right when actually it was wrong.
>
> If you really are unsure about the exchange, you should ask him for a
> repeat
> *before* you send the "thanks" message. Once you are confident you have it
> right, you shouldn't confuse the issue by suggesting that you might still
> be
> looking for a repeat.
>
> 73,
> Rich VE3KI
>
>
>
> KL7SB said:
>
> > otherwise ..it's "Thanks for Number 372"
>
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