[RTTY] RTTY Digest, Vol 146, Issue 21

[Dave Barr]

The reason nobody sends CQ at the end of a CQ transmission in a CW 
contest is because the stations working the CQer don't send their call 
in their exchange transmission, hence no confusion as to who is CQing.  
For those tuning the band instead of the internet in a RTTY contest, 
there can be great confusion as to "whose frequency" it is when you see 
a call sign, especially since a complete contest exchange sometimes does 
not even contain the CQers call sign; thus a CQ after the CQers call 
sign in the confirmation by the CQer is desirable, as well as at the end 
of a new CQ transmission.

Dave, K2YG

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> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Dave Hachadorian<k6ll.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>> ...
>> >
>> >But CW contest have been going on for 87 years, and nobody puts CQ at the
>> >end.  There is no confusion.....
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>> >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
>> >