[RTTY] CQ or QRZ

[William Smith]

 I use QRZ, but in looking at the meaning of Q signals, I probably should use 
QRV - "I'm ready to receive", after my TU. Do you think QRV instead of QRZ would 
confuse people while I'm running? I don't want to use CQ, if people are already 
waiting to call me, and reserve CQ for general calling after the run has 
dissipated, per AA6YL.

73,
Bill N3XL





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From: Fabi va2up <va2up at live.ca>
To: rtty contesting rttycontesting <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, January 10, 2011 1:22:51 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ


Hi,

I think that in contest pretty much everybody should use the same format in 
their macros. Macros should be predictable. With ragchewing macros we can be 
crative, very welcome in fact, but in contest let the pros lead the way and copy 
what they do, I always watch them to try and improve my skills, after all they 
must be doing something right... I think the addition of CQ at the end of the 
calling macro is one of the best things that ever happended in contesting but if 
I zap by S&Ping and hear a 'QRZ'  I will have to wait and see if the station is 
actually running or if someone is just wondering who's the station on that 
frequency, in other words I'm far from sure who's calling who. 

It was nice seing everybody this weekend.   HNY 2011 

73  

Fabi  va2up
http://sites.google.com/site/va2upcontesting/




> From: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:56:23 -0500
> To: RTTY at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> This brings up an interesting semantic point, but I think everyone knows 
> what's going on. Even so, I may change my running QRZ to CQ to save a 
> character.
> 
> I enjoyed this contest a lot. The 24 hour max is humane (I split it into 
> two 12 hour segments with a six hour sleep break ) and had a few 10M QSOs. 
> No VT, however, which is one of my main complaints about the universe. Is 
> VT a mythical land? Like Atlantis or Shangri-La?
> 
> 73,
> Kermit, AB1J
> 
> 
> In a message dated 1/10/2011 4:21:21 P.M. GMT Standard Time, 
> duberger.miousse81 at globetrotter.net writes:
> 
> Hello Group.
> 
> Still wondering why guys use QRZ when they want to say CQ
> 
> QRZ = Who is calling me
> CQ = General call
> 
> If I hear someone sending QRZ, I will wait because he may heard
> someone calling him? but if he send CQ I will reply.
> 
> 73
> Claude Du Berger VE2FK
> 
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