Excellent question Ed! You are expected to respond to your caller on your announced listening frequency. (You've already set the second VFO there before calling CQ.)
What happens next can vary. If the band is "open" with vigor, you're likely to get more than one caller ... maybe dozens ... on your listening frequency .... much like you are a rare DX station on HF. BTW, you never spread your callers out by something like "up 2" or "up 5". That would cause QRM to someone trying to work -his- callers. Actually, I've then had "runs" of many logbook pages and several hours without ever returning to the calling frequency (50.125). Anything else I can help with? 73 Ken - K0PP 406-797-3340 On Jul 31, 2016 6:36 PM, "Dauer, Edward" <eda...@law.du.edu> wrote: And then what? I mean this question seriously – I have not operated 2M or 6M for more than 50 years, but might sometime soon; and I have not heard a discussion of the VHF calling frequency etiquette until now. So if I call on the calling frequency “CQ de KN1CBR in DM78 listening on 50.140” and someone calls me there, what’s my proper reply? Would he have expected me to QSY to 50.140 to reply, and also be listening there? Or do I reply with “K0PP de KN1CBR QSY to 50.140” and then do so myself? Or can I reply on the calling frequency with “K0PP QSL TU” and then end it? Further, what’s the cw equivalent of “listening on” – would it be “up 5” or “up to 50.xxx”? "CQ" several times ... "this is K0PP in DN36 listening 50.140, etc.". I usually don't even listen (on the calling frequency) after I call CQ. I've already stated where I'm listening. BTW ... one should -always- know/give your grid square. For most it's more important than your actual city/town. Beware of grid info found on QRZ.com ... nearby Butte, MT has border dividing the town and several with POB's aren't in the same grid as the POB listed on QRZ. 73 K0PP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
