[Elecraft] 6M CW

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

>Even if you send "QRZ? de W5TVW K" you may just get a callsign
>sent ONCE!

This is standard contesting procedure.  Sending your call more than
once in clear conditions could be wasting time for those who copy CW
well.  And in a pile up sending your call the second time could be
over the top of the DX and interfering with the DX sending only once
the call of the station he actually copied.  This tends to make the
case that sending once is more polite if folks are waiting. Crisp one
by one by one by one, etc, clears pileups quicker if everyone sends
once to good operators in good conditions.

While you may have your point, reversing the austere frugality of a
single call reply habit when the distant station has no way of knowing
your state of mine, may simply be out of reach as a social goal.  Time
marches on and customs change.  And I can only imagine the number of
hams who are NOT looking to an ARRL publication to direct ham
etiquette in day-to-day communications, however positive or negative
one may feel about the ARRL.

What's happening on 6m is really very interesting.  All the more so
because my already paid for K3 has 6m on it that isn't a joke.  And
because I decided to run 1 1/4 inch hardline out to and up the tower,
which I can switch between the big tribander and 6 and 2.

For long time VHF afficionados, this infusion of new activity from
previously HF confined hams has to be a lot of fun.

73, Guy.