On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Paul Webb wrote:
Hi All
Sorry to add to the noise level, I took over from Geo , the founder of FISTS
just before he past away and produce the newsletter and fulfil other roles in
FISTS too. Yes we do have many members that will call CQ FISTS, we have a
number of challenges (rather than number exchanging contests that normally fill
the bands), we encourage all our members to make the exchange of numbers (if
they are working another member that wants theirs) almost incidental to the
QSO, and ask them NOT to exclude anyone , member or not that returns to their
call. we are all about getting people to use CW and we certainly do not want to
push people away. I use a straight key myself but have no problem if my QSO
partner wants to use paddles,keyboard, or what ever as long as it CW its good
for me!,
If you hear me call CQ FISTS please come back to me member or not, paddles or
straight key, its the QSO that counts not the equipment or numbers.
I think that part of the confusion is that many people, when hearing CD DX or
CQ DE or CQ TEST or CQ WHATEVER have the impression that the station calling
only wants to have a QSO of the type specified. CQ DX is probably the best
example....I would never answer a CQ DX call from a US station.
While the personal statements of many FISTS members has indicated they are more
than willing to QSO with non-FISTS members, unless one has read their
statements, one is back to square one...is CQ FISTS like CQ DX (I only want to
QSO with a specific type of station) or some other meaning.
73 - k3hrn
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