[Fists] CQ ALL Fists

[Rich Dailey, N8UX (2)]

>I have noticed that many cw ops have different ways to call CQ.
>On Fists QRG I hear a few guys doing this: CQ CQ CQ FISTS DE K?XXX PSE K
>That will not energize many responses. Sending your call once is not enuff.
>How abt the 3x3 Rule.... CQ CQ CQ DE K8XF K8XF K8XF CQ CQ CQ DE K8XF K8XF 
>K8XF
>CQ CQ CQ DE K8XF K8XF K8XF PSE K

My general routine,  especially on a popular frequency, is to throw out
an abbreviated cq,  such as <cq cq cq cq de n8ux n8ux K>.  If no
response (or no one telling me to buzz off),  I'll follow up with a longer
call, like <cq cq cq de n8ux cq cq cq cq de n8ux n8ux K>.

Of course all this is preceded with a qrl,  and judicious listening.  No, 
really.

I'd say that 75 percent of the time, I get a bite on the first salvo,  unless
I'm qrp - in which case I'm usually not cq'ing anyway.

I'm 41,  but old enough to remember the days when I could ID an op
just by hearing the cq's.  Ah, the good *old* days - the early eighties-hi!

Keep it fun -
tu de Rich
N8UX