Topband: Patience in ARRL 160 Contest

[k6xt]

I completely agree from the perspective of penalties. Lately I have 
taken to purposely not working stations where there is the possibility 
of working the wrong station or miscopy. The penalty imposed by 
organizers is greater than the missed Q. I ascribe to the system Tree 
suggests:
CQ K6XT
N6TR
N6TR report
K6XT report
TU (test or call or whatever)

The only time penalty is my QSO partner sending my call once. Then we 
both know who has been worked. Completely resolves the nearly colocated 
CQer and off frequency replier issues.

73 Art K6XT~~
Success is going from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm.
ARRL, GMCC, CW OPS, NAQCC
ARRL TA

On 12/3/2012 7:38 PM, topband-request at contesting.com wrote:
> Actually what Ken sends me is:
>
> me: CQ TEST N6RK N6RK
>
> Ken:  N6RK N6RO
>
> me:  N6RO 5NN SV
>
> ken:  5NN EB
>
> or sometimes:  5NN EB KB:-)
>
> Ken's extremely strong signal tips me off as to who is
> calling, so I am used to this by now.
>
> Rick N6RK