[CQ-Contest] signing TEST at the end...not so bad

[Mats Strandberg]

Like so many correctly express:

Is this really a problem or indeed a "who cares issue"?

If there was a QSO-template that forced us all to sound identical and
predictable - would that make contesting more fun?

I started out many years ago as a Rookie with "CQ TEST DE SM6LRR SM6LRR
TEST".

After several steps of "evolution", my standard CQ is now:  TEST RM2D

When pile is slow, it could occasionally be TEST RM2D RM2D

Does repetition of call twice, always increase rate? No. That's why I
sometimes alternate between the two.

My advise: Work lots of contest, enjoy the fun, be attentive on operator
patterns. Soon you will know who ends with a TEST and who doesn't....

73 de Mats RM2D (SM6LRR)


On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 at 07:15, Trent Sampson <vk4ts at outlook.com> wrote:

> Do we simplify the exchange to the point that no one is different and a
> contest sounds like a 48 hour Morse Runner event ?
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> Talk about all of us becoming grumpy old men - Next, we will all want
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> From: CQ-Contest <cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Gerry
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> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] signing TEST at the end...not so bad
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> Vince,
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> Many ops use QSK, as I do.  If I hear you start to call me when I've
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> Yes, I would agree it's annoying if people call CQ with many calling.  But
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> I was watching an Eu op on Youtube today...  He had a HUGE CW pileup...  if
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> he did not get a call, he would CQ again!!
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> 73, Gerry W1VE
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> On Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at 5:12 PM, DXer <hfdxmonitor at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Not for me. I was just being politically correct, inclusive, equal
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> > opportunity, yada yada, as it appears to be a serious issue for some.
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> > As I wrote earlier, long CQs, and the pico second window to answer them
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> > before another round of CQs is much more annoying than TEST at the end.
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> > I don't know if it is really the case, or just a coincidence, but another
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> > annoyance appears to be 'dueling' CQs by people that are not up to speed
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> > yet with the technique. I understand that practice in a real situation is
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> > 73 de Vince, VA3VF
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> > On 2016-12-05 4:12 PM, brian coyne wrote:
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> >> I don't think signing TEST at the end is such a big problem.
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> >> 73  Brian 5B4AIZ / C4Z.
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