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Mike, W5UC
At 11:10 AM 9/10/2003 -0500, Tony Martin W4FOA wrote:
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
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