>Even if you send "QRZ? de W5TVW K" you may just get a callsign >sent ONCE!
This is standard contesting procedure. Sending your call more than once in clear conditions could be wasting time for those who copy CW well. And in a pile up sending your call the second time could be over the top of the DX and interfering with the DX sending only once the call of the station he actually copied. This tends to make the case that sending once is more polite if folks are waiting. Crisp one by one by one by one, etc, clears pileups quicker if everyone sends once to good operators in good conditions. While you may have your point, reversing the austere frugality of a single call reply habit when the distant station has no way of knowing your state of mine, may simply be out of reach as a social goal. Time marches on and customs change. And I can only imagine the number of hams who are NOT looking to an ARRL publication to direct ham etiquette in day-to-day communications, however positive or negative one may feel about the ARRL. What's happening on 6m is really very interesting. All the more so because my already paid for K3 has 6m on it that isn't a joke. And because I decided to run 1 1/4 inch hardline out to and up the tower, which I can switch between the big tribander and 6 and 2. For long time VHF afficionados, this infusion of new activity from previously HF confined hams has to be a lot of fun. 73, Guy. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
