[CQ-Contest] Last Night's Sprint

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Hi Jim - your point, about not being sure whether the station 
transmitting is going to be expecting callers, is a good one of course, 
and initially helped me demonstrate just how rusty I was.  I remember 
when we were debating the best way to handle this, ten years or more 
ago, that having the called station put his call right after the 
caller's, and having the caller put his at the end, was the best way for 
someone listening to tell if you were soliciting calls or had to QSY.  
Most of us, and I guess all the big dogs, were following this convention.

73, Pete N4ZR
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On 9/11/2022 9:02 PM, Jim Brown wrote [in part]:
> Depending on who's hearing who, it can be hard to tell who's TXing -- 
> whether it's the CQing station or the callers. And in Sprint, he who 
> hesitates is lost! Thanks to lightning static, I needed more than a 
> half-dozen number fills; when that happens, I'll send dits until other 
> callers have stopped, then ask for the fill. Only twice did I fail to 
> get it, so those stations lost a Q.
>>
>> 104 Q's in 90 minutes, 38 mults = 3,952 points.  K3/KPA-1500, 
>> Carolina Windom at ~40 feet (my tribander is down in the back yard)
>
> FWIW, when we worked, three times, I think, you had a pretty 
> reasonable signal. Don't remember our 80M QSO.