[CQ-Contest] New SO2R trick?

[Jeff Blaine]

Maybe it was not So2r at all.  Maybe it was the STUNNING AMAZING 
FANTASTIC thunderstorm activity that swamped most of the midwest. 
Sending the call twice amid that mess was a good way to cut down on some 
amount of repeats.

73/jeff/ac0c
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
www.ac0c.com

On 06-Dec-18 10:49 AM, K9MA wrote:
> Am I the only one who gets just a bit annoyed when an SO2R op wastes my time this way?
>
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
>
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> Scott Ellington. K9MA
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>> On Dec 5, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My "fresh meat" Saturday night operation in ARRL 160M Contest can yield
>> some nice runs from Big Guns (and mid-Atlantic locals).
>>
>> Last Saturday night 1045Z a Big Gun in northeastern North America answered
>> my CQ, sending his call twice.  That was unusual.  I wondered if I was
>> particularly weak at his station (not likely), and maybe he thought I would
>> need the QSX to get his call.
>>
>> But now I'm wondering: Could he have been creating a couple of extra
>> seconds on transmit so that he could finish copying something (a call
>> sign?) on the other radio?
>>
>> Are SO2R op's adding this trick to their skill set?
>>
>> 73, Art K3KU
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