[CW] Re: CW testers

[Pedro J. Santa]

I agree with W5YR. When I call CQ, all I need in order to initiate a QSO is
an answering callsign. I've never required my call to be repeated by the
answering station at the initial stage of the 2-way communication. That is
so particularly at the 10/20 mts. bands and much more so when there's no
news about a split DXpedition. I really don't understand the root complaint
here!

Pedro KP3X..

----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
To: "Richard Phillips" <ve3mfn@hotmail.com>
Cc: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [CW] Re: CW testers


> I never knew this was so complicated.
>
> When I call CQ and some station on my frequency sends his call one time, I
> always assume that he is calling me and go back to him. I can recall but
> very few times when this did not result in a QSO with no accompanying
> confusion.
>
> Granted, in the old days, when calling a station who has just called CQ
the
> FCC would have us call the station 3 times and then sign our call 3 times
> followed by K. This was "good amateur operating practice." If no response,
> then repeat the whole 3x3 procedure.
>
> But those were also the days when you called CQ on your crystal frequency
> and then tuned "around" looking for a response. So it made sense for a
> caller to send both calls several times.
>
> Today, virtually all CW operation - set aside the splits in DX and
contests
> which are only a small percentage of total time - takes place on the same
> frequency so there is no longer any need for long calls. A single callsign
> from the calling station is all that it takes to initiate a QSO.
>
> This is one of the major operating changes that I have observed over the
> years: seldom if ever giving the callsign of the station being called and
> the calling station giving his callsign only once or twice.
>
> Progress?
>
> 72/73/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
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>
> Richard Phillips wrote:
> >
> > In my post re: "CW testers" I did mention 12/10m........
> >
> > To clarify, I was using the example of split DX operation, where you may
ask
> > if the "receiving" QRG is clear but no one will hear you because they
are
> > listening 2khz or even more down!! I offered this as an additional point
by
> > way of explaining or making excuses for the station that is giving his
call
> > only. I dont see why I should have to tune +/- 2-3khz and listen to make
a
> > casual ragchew!!!! To be fair, most of these "one shot wonders" are DX
and
> > I'm wondering if this might be another example of some international
ops'
> > dislike of the current NA political climate/foreign policy....Before
anyone
> > dismiss this point in an offhanded way, I've actually run into this type
of
> > situation----------although it doesn't happen very often.
>
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