[CQ-Contest] Thing that drive me nuts

[Zack Widup]

I don't know exactly when it originated, but it was all the rage when I was
a Novice in 1967. At the end of a QSO, one station would send "dit dididit
dit"  and the other station wound respond "dit dit" as in "shave and a
haircut ... two bits." This eventually got truncated to just two dits at
each end.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 11:54 AM, <n1ix at n1ix.com> wrote:

>
>
> Speaking of things that drive me nuts:
>
> Sending an additional "TEST" at the end of a CQ.  IE "CQ TEST N1IX N1IX
> TEST"
>
> This seems to be a rather recent phenomenon.  I do mostly S&P and
> invariably
> I send my call on top of the last "TEST".
>
> It would be a lot easier if everyone sent a standard "CQ" string.
>
>
>
> Also, what's with the "dit dit"  in response to a successful QSO.
>
>
>
> Dave N1IX
>
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
>