[CQ-Contest] How to Call CQ

[DXer]

Looks like it was even worse back then, 185 times. LOL

73 de Vince, VA3VF

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 12:32 PM, David Siddall <hhamwv at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>