[Elecraft] CQ FISTS ,SKCC ETC

[Thom LaCosta]

On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Paul Webb wrote:

> Hi All
>
> Sorry to add to the noise level, I took over from Geo , the founder of FISTS just before he past away and produce the newsletter and fulfil other roles in FISTS too. Yes we do have many members that will call CQ FISTS, we have a number of challenges (rather than number exchanging contests that normally fill the bands), we encourage all our members to make the exchange of numbers (if they are working another member that wants theirs) almost incidental to the QSO, and ask them NOT to exclude anyone , member or not that returns to their call. we are all about getting people to use CW and we certainly do not want to push people away. I use a straight key myself but have no problem if my QSO partner wants to use paddles,keyboard, or what ever as long as it CW its good for me!,

>If you hear me call CQ FISTS please come back to me member or not, paddles or 
>straight key, its the QSO that counts not the equipment or numbers.

I think that part of the confusion is that many people, when hearing CD DX or
CQ DE or CQ TEST or CQ WHATEVER have the impression that the station calling
only wants to have a QSO of the type specified.  CQ DX is probably the best 
example....I would never answer a CQ DX call from a US station.

While the personal statements of many FISTS members has indicated they are more 
than willing to QSO with non-FISTS members, unless one has read their 
statements, one is back to square one...is CQ FISTS like CQ DX (I only want to 
QSO with a specific type of station) or some other meaning.

73 - k3hrn
Thom,EIEIO
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