[Elecraft] Off topic question

Clark B. Wierda cbw at io.com
Mon Jan 30 16:05:20 EST 2006


The "test test" suggests a contest CQ.  Probably from a automatic keyer or
a contest logging program.  Some contesters just letem rip until they hear
a response through the keying.

There was a 160M CW contest over the weekend, so that was probably from that.
-- 
Clark B. Wierda
N8CBW


> A friend asked me yesterday if I knew why hams would be sending the
> following
>
> "Cq cq callsign callsign test test"
>
> In cw over and over and over again I told him I did not, I could not
> find anything on the internet about it so I thought I would ask the most
> august body of hams for information. The signals where heard around
> 12:00 am midnight on 160m anyone know what was going on? Or why?
>




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