Larry......your question sparked some interest by the troops. The fact is however that we really cannot generate Q signals just for the USA; these are international in nature. Nothing however is to prevent any operator from making a query in any manner he chooses.
73 Norm K1AA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Rutledge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Norm Gertz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Larry, K4WLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[DX-Chat]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:17 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] New "Q" Signal Need > Larry, you are right that it "doesn't fit." However, everyone knows > exactly what it means. Can you imagine the confusion as everyone, world > wide, tried to implement such a change. I learned it years ago as a > novice. While it literally isn't correct, why change it if it ain't > broke. I don't get it. > > Steve, N4JQQ > > Norm Gertz wrote: > > > > Larry.....how about QBY? Is the freq busy? > > > > 73 Norm K1AA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Larry, K4WLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "[DX-Chat]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:06 AM > > Subject: [DX-CHAT] New "Q" Signal Need > > > > > Would someone at ARRL who is in a leadership position > > > take the following for action, pass it through the hallowed > > > halls, under that "curved piece of wood", and promulgate > > > in the right direction. Oh, Wayne Mills, what say OM ? > > > > > > We CW Ops have needed an appropriate "Q" Signal for > > > years for "Is the frequency in use ?" > > > > > > QRL ? - "Are you (your station) busy (sending/receiving > > > traffic) ? does not fit. > > > > > > QRZ ? - Who (what station) is calling me ? does not fit. > > > > > > I though about QFU: F - Freuency, U - use. That does > > > fit, but well we CW Ops know that at times (especially > > > in unruly pile-ups), we hear all too many "FU's". > > > > > > So.......What about QFB ? - Is the Frequency Busy (in use) ? > > > > > > What say CW Ops - can anyone come up with a better > > > one ? On SSB, "Is the frequency is use ?" - that's easy. We > > > CW guys need something more fitting than QRL or QRZ ! > > > > > > Larry - K4WLS > > > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > > > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > > > > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > > > http://njdxa.org > > > > > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > > http://njdxa.org > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
