[CQ-Contest] Thing that drive me nuts

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,12/5/2016 7:30 AM, John Laney wrote:
> Adding "test" or "contest" after the call does tend to confuse the 
> stations listening. 

YES! I find it maddening when I'm trying to dump my call into his rhythm 
and he adds TEST on top of it. My rule is that I want to give another 
caller a shot at me as soon as possible after he discovers me, and my 
call is advertising. TEST at the end of a CQ is an un-natural act, an 
abomination! :)

I have three CQs on F-Keys. The automatic one is TEST K9YC. The "short 
one" is CQ TEST K9YC. The long one, when I have to seriously beat the 
bushes is CQ TEST K9YC K9YC. SS or NA replaces TEST in those contests. I 
end running Qs with TU K9YC. I don't get a lot of pileups at home, but 
on those rare occasions I might end with TU. :)

73, Jim K9YC