[Boatanchors] Why The Letter

[jeremy-ca]

I seem to remember it on the County Hunters net on 20M. That was even pre 
Don Miller.

Carl
KM1H



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard W. Solomon" <w1ksz at earthlink.net>
To: "Jim Wilhite" <w5jo at brightok.net>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Why The Letter


>I believe the "Contact" call was originally used on a "DX" Net that
> used to inhabit 20 Meters. Not sure if it was the 225 or 247 crowd.
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Jim Wilhite <w5jo at brightok.net>
>>Sent: Apr 29, 2008 12:39 PM
>>To:
>>Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>>Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Why The Letter "Q" And Who Invented The Code?
>>
>>Back when I licensed Break was the proper way to enter into an ongoing
>>QSO.  Contact was used when you heard a station in a net of some sort
>>and you wanted to pass information that only applied to that station.
>>
>>No one uses Break much anymore because of the CB lingo but I still hear
>>Contact from time to time.
>>
>>Jim/W5JO
>>
>>>
>>
>>> From: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Jim,
>>>>
>>>> Which raises another somewhat related question.
>>>>
>>>> Suppose a QSO between two or more Hams is in progress. Suppose a new
>>> arrival
>>>> on the frequency wants to get a station signal/audio report. How is
>>>> he/she
>>>> supposed to make contact? Does he/she say "Contact", or "Break", just
>>>> give
>>>> his/her call sign or?
>>>>
>>>> Some say that "Contact" is only used when the new party desires to
>>>> make
>>>> contact with a specific station among those having the ongoing QSO.
>>>> Others
>>>> say that "Break" is a Citizens Band term, which is true, and is not
>>>> to be
>>>> used on Ham Radio. Not that it is illegal, just not proper Ham
>>> termonology.
>>>> Then others say it is proper to simply give your call sign over the
>>>> air
>>> and
>>>> wait to be called by one of the stations having the QSO.
>>>>
>>>> So Jim, or whomever, what is the proper way to ask for a station
>>>> signal
>>>> quality check when one encounters a QSO in progress among two or more
>>> Hams?
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, does the means differ if said QSO in progress is a
>>> structured
>>>> Net?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks guys!
>>
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