Good point Zack and I still prefer .. . After 50 years of DXing, I am still trying to find the REAL meaning of QSLL. It can mean only two things (I think)...I will send my card first or I will wait for your card. It seems about a 50/50 split as to the real meaning. I've never seen it written where the genuine definition is given....just another Q signal to throw in the mix, hi. Tony, W4FOA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Zack Widup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[DX-Chat]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] New "Q" Signal Need > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Norm Gertz wrote: > > > 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 > > As long as both parties know what is being asked, there isn't a problem. > If both people understand "QRL?" to mean "Is this freq in use?", no matter > what the book says it means, then that is what it is going to mean at the > moment. If everyone understands what "IE?" means, then that will also > commnuicate. > > The problem is going to be with new ops who don't know what these accepted > meanings are when they differ from what the book says or aren't even in > the book. But I think most people who are really interested are going to > find out anyway. It didn't take me too long to find out what "5NN ATT" > meant after my first ARRL DX contest. (I actually wrote it down like that > in the log at the time.) :) > > 73, Zack W9SZ > > 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
