[CW] AR or K after CQ?

[Howard Kraus]

The other person is correct.  CQ (whatever number of times) DE yourcall
(whatever number of times) K.

Turning it back to the other station,  AR hiscall DE yourcall KN.

End of contact, SK hiscall DE yourcall (followed by nothing if you don't
mind others calling you back, or CL if you are shutting down).

73

Howard Kraus, K2UD
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D. Chester" <k4kyv at charter.net>
To: <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 5:31 PM
Subject: [CW] AR or K after CQ?


> I got into what turned into a heated debate recently over the use of AR
> following a CQ.
>
> The other person said you should never send anything but K after a CQ, and
> that it is poor operating to use AR.
>
> Isn't AR supposed to mean that you have made a call, and you are standing
> by, listening for a station you have not yet made contact with? For
example,
> if I had a sked with W9XXX and gave him a call, I would send W9XXX W9XXX
de
> K4KYV AR. Once I hear his reply and we have established contact, I would
> then send W9XXX de K4KYV K (or KN).
>
> When I call CQ and stand by to listen, by definition, no contact has yet
> been established with the station I eventually contact. So wouldn't the
> appropriate prosign be AR? To me, K implies that we have established
contact
> and I am telling him to "go ahead".
>
> I looked this up in some of my old books both ARRL and non-ARRL.  Some of
> the more recent editions seem to prefer K, but Handy's first edition of
the
> ARRL handbook from the late 20's used ._._. (AR).
>
> I say it is a matter of preference.  Who would be the "authority" in such
a
> matter?  I have heard it both ways in all the 50  years I have been
> licensed.  To me, AR has a more pleasant swing for ending a CQ, and it
seems
> to better round out the transmission.  K seems too abrupt.  I have never
had
> a problem getting someone to answer my CQ after sending AR.
>
>
> Don k4kyv
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