[RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end?

[Larry]

As with most things in ham radio there are people who hate things like 
skimmer spots and others that love them (I like them). I think most clusters 
offer a means to enable or disable skimmer spots.

73, Larry  W6NWS

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Levine
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 1:40 PM
To: Dave Hachadorian
Cc: reflector RTTY
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end?

I operated this past weekend using VE7CC cluster and not a skimmer to feed
spots. I was set to spot any station I worked that wasn't already spotted,
I spotted a huge number of stations which means they weren't already
spotted by another operator. To give you the magnitude of how many, I alone
spotted 50 stations not in the cluster in the last 2 hrs 30 mins of the
contest, according to DXWatch. So I wouldn't agree with the statement that
S&P operators will arrive on a frequency knowing the station calling CQ.

Maybe different once everyone is using a skimmer cluster, but it's not
something I'm into yet.  But I'm a little guy and maybe I'm not
representative of the majority of operators working a contest. And I
disagree that ending with CQ is a hindrance whether in CW, phone or RTTY.

K2DSL - David


On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Dave Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >My own personal preference is to know who's calling CQ
>
> But CW contest have been going on for 87 years, and nobody puts CQ at the
> end.  There is no confusion.
>
> With RTTY skimmers now in the mainstream, and most RTTY contests allowing
> Telnet assistance, most S&P operators are going to arrive on your 
> frequency
> already knowing who you are.  They want to hear your call sign, or even a
> fragment of it, to confirm your identity.  They don’t need to hear CQ.
> They already know someone is CQ’ing here.
>
> The CQ at the end is now more of a hindrance than a help, at least for
> those contests that allow Telnet assistance, which is the majority of RTTY
> contests.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
>
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