[Fists] Support for the paper VA14_C3_40 'Conflicting CW Procedure'

[Dan Romanchik KB6NU]

This is very interesting, Graham, and the first I've heard of EOPRA. I heartily agree with the position of the Icelandic Radio Amateurs Association.

I'd also have to say that I disagree with some of the wording in section II.9.6 Carry on and wrap up the CW QSO. One of the bullet points there says, "While replying to a CQ, do not send the call of the station you are calling more than once, better still is not to send it at all (you can trust the operator knows his own call…)."

It can be confusing if the station replying to a CQ does not include the call of the station who sent the CQ. If I'm calling CQ, how do I know that a station who only sends his callsign is calling me? Also, if conditions are not good, the station replying to a CQ might want to send the calling station's call more than once to ensure that the station who called CQ is sure that he is being replied to.

I'll certainly be giving this more visibility in the NA FIST newsletter.

73!

Dan KB6NU
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On Aug 28, 2014, at Aug 28,7:26 PM, "Graham Smith" <g3zodna at gmail.com> wrote:
> The document "Ethics and Operating Procedures for the Radio Amateur"
> ('EOPRA') contains misunderstandings related to some aspects of CW procedure
> in conversational (non-contest) QSOs.  Fortunately the vast majority of CW
> operators know the correct procedures and have ignored the
> misunderstandings, but some are now using erroneous procedures on-air.  For
> a more detailed discussion of the issues, see
> http://fists.co.uk/docs/iaru/VA14C340Support.pdf.
> 
> The paper VA14_C3_40 (copy available at
> http://fists.co.uk/docs/iaru/VA14C340.pdf ), written by the Icelandic Radio
> Amateurs Association, is being put forward at the September IARU Region 1
> Conference in Bulgaria so that the IARU can endorse the correct procedures,
> as used and documented in amateur radio books (such as the RSGB and ARRL
> Handbooks) for a period of over 70 years.  Prior to this and over a period
> of 6 months, the Icelandic Association was not successful in persuading the
> authors of 'EOPRA' to correct the text.  The IARU also confirmed to the
> Icelandic Association that in endorsing 'EOPRA', it had not been intended to
> try and change operating procedure and the errors had been inadvertently
> overlooked.
> 
> The procedures concerned may seem trivial, but are important because of the
> confusion caused when all operators are not "on the same page", particularly
> in relation to the end of transmissions.
> 
> Over the weekend of 17/18 August 2014, the Nordic Amateur Radio Union (NARU)
> agreed to endorse the paper.
> 
> Please help the Icelandic Association by requesting that radio clubs and
> societies that you are a member of support the paper and also that any that
> are present at the conference do so there. For more information, see the
> Association's analysis at http://bit.ly/MGrcRj and share this link with
> others.
> 
> 
> 
> 73 de Graham G3ZOD FISTS #8385
> FISTS Membership Secretary (Europe)
> http://fists.co.uk <http://www.fists.co.uk/> 
> 
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