[ILQSO] signing "/m"

[James Funk]

The recent standard for mobiles in state QSO parties seems to be to
sign, for example, "N9JF/PIKE" pretty frequently instead of just
"N9JF/M".  I'm not saying you need to do it that way every time, but I
probably will if I'm CQing or signing at the end of a QSO.  That way,
anyone tuning past knows immediately if I'm in a new county or one where
we've already worked.  If I have several people calling, at the end of
one QSO you're likely to hear just "TU" from me.  I already have a
pileup, and I'll probably try to work 3-5 stations before signing again
(classic YMMV).  If you're CQing and I call you, it'll probably just be
as "N9JF/M"; you don't *need* to know where I am yet; I need you, and
I'll give my county in the exchange.

I'd also like to echo KJ9C's earlier hint about occasionally asking for 
"/M ?" in the pileups.  If you're CQing and I can't get through with
four or five calls, the contacts I'm missing will quickly outweigh the
one I'd get from you, even if you're a new multiplier.

Now that I've said that, let's see if I can remember to DO IT!!!

73, Jim N9JF

Jim Funk, FOSS North America, CSE 612/670-0976 (cell) 


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