Just how much time does sending a "DE" or a "K" take?
Not much, but NOT sending them takes less time....
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
Bill and others:
I am very much a traditionalist on CW operating procedure. However, in
contesting I find that a standard formatted call (such as AA4LR DE
AA4AK AR, or even worse, AA4LR DE AA4AK/QRP AR is ineffective in
attracting replies. Typically, the rate conscious big gun contesters
hearing several calls at once instinctively answer the call that
finishes first.
To test this notion, I've tried various combinations of standard and
abbreviated call formats in contests. When I send a single unadorned
AA4AK and nothing else, the rate at which I receive replies in contest
goes up dramatically.
73,
Steve
AA4AK
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