[Elecraft] UK Elecraft Net

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

The protocol I was taught for military and commercial CW nets was to send
only the BK prosign once in between other transmissions and wait for
acknowledgement by the net -- except when responding to a roll call. It
might take several tries, but BK is easy to catch even under another
station, and then everyone will be listening carefully when NCS asks you to
check in so any relays can be done, etc. 

I would think that would be the best approach when attempting to be noticed
mixed-mode too.

Ron AC7AC




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[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brendan Minish
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 6:48 AM
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] UK Elecraft Net

David

Myself and at least one other on the net today are primarily CW operators.
I did not copy a full call sign, I copied a couple of letters on top of 
someone else's transmission.
Had I copied a callsign I would certainly have tried to pull him in
I am sure a CW call in would have worked just fine IF it had been timed 
to coincide with any of the many pauses that were left between 
transmissions.