[CQ-Contest] How to Call CQ

[Roberto Rey]

Best quote of the year!

73 de Rob HK3CW
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From: "David Siddall" <hhamwv at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2016 12:32 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] How to Call CQ


> 93 years later & we're still discussing how to call CQ properly during a
> competition.
>
> "... the ARRL Operating Department announced a *100 meter CQ party* for 
> the
> nights of 24 and 25 March 1923, from 10:30 p.m. to 12:10 a.m. Eastern
> Time....  Trying to encourage efficient operation, ARRL Traffic Manager
> Fred Schnell warned, 'Don’t call CQ 185 times and sign once; no one is
> going to camp on your wave forever—keep signing at intervals.' "
>
> (source: The Fourth Time's the Charm
> <http://w2pa.net/HRH/the-fourth-times-the-charm/>)
>
> 73, Dave K3ZJ
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