[RTTY] CQWW exchange

[Tom Osborne]

Hi David

But, in a pileup, if you miss who he came back to, you still won't know.  If 
he sends "NM4M 599 QC NM4M", then you know who he came back to.  73
Tom W7WHY



> Admittedly I'm the new guy here.  But I have to say, I really liked
> seeing the other stations call in the.  I mean they suggest putting CQ
> at the end of the CQ.  If you roll up and see a CQ, and just through
> your call out there.  When they send the exchange, then it is all
> there.  Such as;
>
> VE2FK: CQ Test de VE2FK CQ
> NM4M: NM4M NM4M
> VE2FK: NM4M 599 05 QC QC VE2FK
>
> This confirms for the S&P'er that just popped on the scene what the
> call is.  It also confirms what the call is from the CQ.  I saw 3
> group CQ's sent out that all had different calls.
>
> If I had just arrived and threw the call out, then I had to ask Call
> AGN?  Yes, this is my fault for throwing my call out there before
> being fully prepared.  But isn't the point of CQ at the end of a CQ so
> that people can respond when they just roll up?
>
> Your already sending the text anyway, and I already know my call, and
> I think I know yours.  It just seems like cheap insurance.  Just one
> guys opinion.
>
> Thanks for the QSO in the contest.  73
>
> David Wilburn
> NM4M