[RTTY] [NCCC-blue] NCCC RY-Sprint K6YL LP

[goldtr8 at charter.net]

HI Dave,

Ok I now follow the exchange of the serial number and state with a name 
thrown in the mix.

Now my question is if K6LL (Dave) is running the frequency why would he 
give it up to K7ABC?   What am I missing about this exchange?  Or maybe 
what am I missing about the Sprints?

Thanks
Don

~73
Don
KD8NNU


On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Dave Hachadorian wrote:

>> The question is about a CQ but the final answer is nothing
>> to do with a CQ.  So basically I am saying I am confused by these
>> contest responses and as such it is one reason why I do not 
>> participate.
>>
>> What does this mean >>>  W6SX 26 JO CA K6YL {space}
>
> In the Sprints, the station who is going to "inherit" the frequency 
> puts their call sign at the end of the exchange.  If you are the 
> "vacating" station, you bury your call sign in the middle of the 
> exchange.  Someone tuning across the frequency, hearing a call sign 
> followed by silence, knows that essentially that station has just 
> called CQ.  Here's a full exchange:
>
> CQ CQ NA K6LL
> K7ABC
> K7ABC K6LL 12 DAVE AZ
> K6LL 32 JACKI AZ K7ABC
> TU
>
> If you tuned in early enough to hear "K7ABC K6LL," you can tell that 
> K7ABC is going to inherit.  When you hear two call signs together, you 
> know that the first call will inherit.  If you tuned in right at the 
> end, hearing K7ABC at the very end of an exchange, you know that she 
> has just essentially called CQ. Delay pouncing for one second while 
> K6LL says "TU."
>
> The whole process is a little strange at first, but after you get the 
> hang of it, it works quite well.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, Arizona
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