[CQ-Contest] CR3OO, ZF2MJ - "what" are they doing?

Filipe Lopes ct1ilt at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 10:17:06 EST 2016


You can also call it ALTERNATE CQ :) or as Jose says 2BSIQ :)




73's Filipe Lopes
CT1ILT - CR6K
F4VPX - TM3M

2016-12-02 14:46 GMT+01:00 <kr2q at optimum.net>:

> OK, this is driving me nuts.  The wrong terminology is being used here.
>
> They are NOT dual CQing.  That would be a violation of the rules.
>
> DUAL CQing would mean they are CQing at the same time.
>
> Think about "DUAL citizenship"
> Think about "DUAL universes"
> Think about "DUAL responsibility"
> Think about "DUAL ownership"
>
> All of these signify "at the same time."
>
> The correct term for what OO and MJ (and NT and others) are doing is called
> DUELING CQs.
>
> First, rig 1 calls CQ (or test or dit-dit), THEN (not at the same time)
> rig 2 calls CQ.
>
> They go back and forth, as in a DUEL
>
> Think about Olympic fencing
> Parry then Riposte
>
> OK, no idea if anyone cares about this but me, but I feel better now.
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
>
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