[RTTY] Trailing CQ

[Bill Turner]

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> From: ed at w0yk.com
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:35:51 -0700
> Subject: [RTTY] Trailing CQ
> 

> 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.
> REPLY: I strongly disagree. The reason, as I see it, is for the times when an S&P station tunes across a CQ partway through the CQ and hears only the call of the CQ station. Without the trailing CQ, he doesn't know if that is a CQ of a call from another S&P station. With the trailing CQ, he knows immediately and can respond immediately without having to wait for another CQ.  Happens many times each contest.  It serves the same purpose as "TEST" does in a CW contest.  73, Bill W6WRT