[RTTY] Trailing CQ

[Don Hill AA5AU]

Mark's comment is the very reason to be put CQ at the end of the message.

I think those that are for eliminating it do not S&P as much as Mark and me.
We do a LOT of S&P. You just can't run for long periods of time while
running low power with the lone exception of the Roundup. We need that CQ at
the end because we can't afford to wait around to see who the run station is
on the frequency. We need to get in and out because we are trying to keep
our rate up.

Don AA5AU

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mark n2qt
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 4:32 PM
To: Dave Hachadorian
Cc: reflector RTTY
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Trailing CQ

I run low power in the contests, and as such most of my contacts are s/p.
With the slower cadence of a rtty contest CQ, I really like the trailing CQ,
so I can decide if the station is suitable for me to call without waiting
through another sequence.  

Mark. N2QT

> On Mar 24, 2016, at 5:04 PM, Dave Hachadorian <k6ll.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm all in favor of dropping the trailing CQ.
> 
> In fact, I made the same proposal one year ago:
> http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00083.html
> 
> My proposal received little support at the time, but maybe this time 
> we can start putting an end to this idiosyncratic RTTY practice.
> 
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Ed Muns
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 1:35 PM
> To: 'RTTY Reflector'
> Subject: [RTTY] Trailing CQ
> 
> The rationale for a trailing 'CQ' in CQ and TU messages is no more 
> true for RTTY than CW.  CW contesting has decades of existence proof 
> that such a trailing CQ is not needed, i.e., the rationale is flawed.
> 
> The only valid reason for the trailing 'CQ' in RTTY messages is that 
> it has
> (unnecessarily) been done that way for many years now.  RTTY 
> contesters expect it and can be confused if it isn't there.
> 
> The advent of RTTY Skimmer offers a good reason to stop this practice, 
> but changing such an entrenched technique will take concerted effort 
> by RTTY contesters over a long period of time.  However, the longer we 
> wait, the longer it will take to accomplish.
> 
> Why don't we drop 'CQ' from the end of our messages now and get on 
> with the transition?
> 
> Ed W0YK
> 
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