[Elecraft] UK Elecraft Net

[Kevin Rock]

There is one Canadian net which runs voice on a frequency which Americans  
are limited to CW.  So, I set my rig for cross mode and did just as Ron  
mentions.  "BK" got me a happy response from the voice op NCS who told me  
he did not copy code well.  He immediately asked for help from another op  
who relayed my information.  It was fun to work cross mode with such  
polite and pleasant operators.
    73,
       Kevin.  KD5ONS


On Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:35:46 -0800, Ron D'Eau Claire <ron at cobi.biz> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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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.
>
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