[CQ-Contest] "Test" At End of CQ

[Mats Strandberg]

I used to be a RM2D TEST guy, and did so because it was the habit of the
past.

Why?

Simply becuse it has reduced the amount of stations, who by mistake start
calling while the word TEST is still being transmitted.

It is SOO logical to end the CQ TEST message with the call - and not with
another disturbing word TEST.

In order for RBN to efficiently pick up the call RM2D, them simply use:

TEST RM2D RM2D or alternatively mix it with the shorter TEST RM2D.

If you like some people to start calling you before your CQ has not ended,
be sure to add the TEST at the end...

73 de RM2D, Mats

Den mån 1 juni 2020 kl 19:01 skrev PY2NY <py2ny.vitor at gmail.com>:

> If I hear just the call, no, no, I will not answer,
> because my mind first response will be: "is this
> guy trying do work somebody that I can't listen?".
>
> If I hear the call with TEST, I will answer him
> ASAP.
>
> easy...
> .
> ..
> ...
> --------------------------------
> PY2NY / SP9NY / V26NY  - Vitor Luis Aidar dos Santos
> http://military-jeep-brasil.blogspot.com.br/
>
>
>
> Em seg., 1 de jun. de 2020 às 10:15, Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
> > So when you are S&P and you tune across someone in time to hear them send
> > their call sign one time do you call them or not?
> >
> > If not, and they actually called CQ, do you wait for them to work whoever
> > does call them and call when they are ready for another one?   If you do
> > call I guess you risk causing QRM to the guy you thought you were calling
> > as he tries to copy the guy who he was calling.
> >
> > Not sure this is same category as "Please Copy"
> >
> > TEST K5GO or K5GO TEST
> >
> > On Sun, May 31, 2020, 10:59 PM Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I don't know where this practice came from -- perhaps the guys who came
> > > up with "Please Copy?" Both are time-wasters, and "test" at the end of
> a
> > > CQ completely throws off the rhythm of answering a CQ. If you need that
> > > "test" to tell you it's time to call, you need to go back to contesting
> > > school!
> > >
> > > 73, Jim K9YC
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