When many stations are calling me then " QRZ?" as in "Who is calling me?" seems a reasonable thing to send instead of initiating a new CQ.
"Traditionally" (my tradition...not anyone elses) I use CQ to originate a call for anyone. If no one comes back I CQ again. If I get 2 or more stations calling me I will call one and at the end of the contact, especially in contest or short DX-style QSO's ask "QRZ?" as in "Who ELSE is calling me?". Things truly get rude when the DX station says "QRZ AB2??" and every W8, K9, WA2 etc start to call. Tom K2TA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Wilhelm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ian Stirling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 6:57 PM Subject: RE: [Elecraft] QRZ? is not CQ > Ian, > > I am sorry to hear that you were subjected to such inconsiderate behavior, > but ... > > You are correct that QRZ? is not CQ, but unfortunately, they are commonly > used by some DX op I have heard just as though they were interchangable - > and many more (DX and non-DX) seem to get on that bandwagon during a > contest, especially when they want to hold (or overtake) a frequency. > > So, yes, I would concur that it is rude, but it just seems to me that it is > getting more and more incorrect usage. Unfortunately, there are always the > few that want to be hogs no matter what the circumstances. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > QRP from a bare K2 isn't so easy when > > there are people who are just plain rude. > > I called a G station on 160m on a clear > > frequency (widest filter) and received a > > QRZ? back. > > Someone, callsign witheld, pinned the last > > LED on my K2 with no preamp, speeding nearly > > twice the G speed and blocked me out before > > my key was down. > > If I had to send QRZ I wouldn't answer > > someone else. > > A pileup ensued and I gave up. > > > > Ian, G4ICV, AB2GR, K2 #4962 > > -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
