[CQ-Contest] repeating Callsigns

[Hans Brakob]

I think the danger there is that I (and many others) will almost certainly respond after "CQ PY2NY...."   and never be heard.

We are in a contest, after all, and generally quite good at copying Morse.  If I'm in S&P mode on a contest weekend and hear "CQ" then that triggers the thought "that station is in the contest".  My "contest brain" then kicks into an automatic expectation "the next Morse will be his callsign and establishes an unthought short circuit from my eardrums to the keyboard to copy your call and mash the "enter" button.  Anything after "CQ PY2NY" is unexpected (if I don't key up quickly) and only serves to take me out of that "contest brain" zone.

73, de Hans, K0HB


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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] repeating Callsigns

Here...
CQ PY2NY PY2NY Test
And nothing else...
73 DX


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