Topband: Patience in ARRL 160 Contest

[mike l dormann]

well, sending with a J38, with one hand of the vfo dial to keep it from
drifting, i try to at least send his call with 5nn/nr, zone, sect, etc.

he sending my call and i sending his is the barest miminnum i can
imagine.

out of my 65 contacts, 50 got his and mine in the reply, 10 got just his
and 5 got only "5nn/sect" i would think if i remember correctly, the
contest was a long time ago

mike w7dra
On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 16:58:51 -0700 James Rodenkirch
<rodenkirch_llc at msn.com> writes:
> Wellllllllllllllllllllllllll, the problem with not sending SOMETHING 
> after your last call, assuming you are calling CQ, is that one 
> doesn't know whether you are calling someone or calling CQ!
> 
> Exaample:  I send, "CQ...CQ ....K9JWV...K9JWV and nothing else - if 
> someone arrives on frequency after the two CQs and my two sent calls 
> he/she doesn't know if I'm calling someone or calling CQ.
> 
> If I send "CQ...CQ...K9JWV...K9JWV...K - and someone arrives on 
> frequency, again, after the two CQs, still dicey.
> 
> "Signing" after the last sent call with a "test" removes all 
> ambiguity.....
> 
> My two cents worth and I'm sticking to it!  72, Jim Rodenkirch 
> K9JWV
> 
> > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 15:16:27 -0800
> > From: richard at karlquist.com
> > To: j_fitton at yahoo.com
> > CC: topband at contesting.com; richard at karlquist.com
> > Subject: Re: Topband: Patience in ARRL 160 Contest
> > 
> > Jim F. wrote:
> > > Excellent advice Rick !!!
> > >  
> > > I get tripped up when a CQing station leaves too long a gap
> > > between his last callsign and "Test"  and I start sending too
> > > early.
> > >  
> > > And your QRP tips are very well taken.
> > >  
> > > 73,   Jim / W1FMR
> > >  
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > I stopped sending "test" after my call for exactly this reason.
> > 
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