Wellllllllllllllllllllllllll, the problem with not sending SOMETHING after your last call, assuming you are calling CQ, is that one doesn't know whether you are calling someone or calling CQ!
Exaample: I send, "CQ...CQ ....K9JWV...K9JWV and nothing else - if someone arrives on frequency after the two CQs and my two sent calls he/she doesn't know if I'm calling someone or calling CQ. If I send "CQ...CQ...K9JWV...K9JWV...K - and someone arrives on frequency, again, after the two CQs, still dicey. "Signing" after the last sent call with a "test" removes all ambiguity..... My two cents worth and I'm sticking to it! 72, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 15:16:27 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: Topband: Patience in ARRL 160 Contest > > Jim F. wrote: > > Excellent advice Rick !!! > > > > I get tripped up when a CQing station leaves too long a gap > > between his last callsign and "Test" and I start sending too > > early. > > > > And your QRP tips are very well taken. > > > > 73, Jim / W1FMR > > > > Thanks. > > I stopped sending "test" after my call for exactly this reason. > > _______________________________________________ > Topband reflector - [email protected] _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - [email protected]
