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

[Steve London]

Actually, you are all wrong :)

Dueling CQ's has been the name of a feature common in contesting 
software for many years. CQ's flip-flop between 2 radios. When there is 
an answer on one radio, then the CQ is terminated on the other radio. No 
attempt is made to have two simultaneous QSO's in progress at the same time.

It's unfortunate that the term "dueling CQ's" has been co-opted to mean 
simultaneous QSO's.

At the risk of adding to the confusion, I would suggest this terminology:

- Alternating CQ's. The old "dueling CQ's" feature.
- Dueling contacts. Simultaneous QSO's, but never transmitting on two 
frequencies at the same time.

73,
Steve, N2IC

On 12/02/2016 06:46 AM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
> 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
>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>