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SSB Sprint contest, This Sunday
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... and the "rulemakers" need to look @ part 97 a little closer,............
from their web page:
When to Send Your Call
The Sprint rules require you to not only send the call sign of the station you are working as part of the exchange – but also your call sign. You may notice that sometimes stations send their call sign at the beginning of the exchange and sometimes at the end of the exchange. What’s up with that? Because of the QSY rule described above, one of the stations in the QSO will be leaving the frequency after the contact is over – and the other station will be staying on the frequency for the next QSO. A simple “trick” has been developed to help you figure out not only who it is that will be staying on the frequency – but when it will be okay to call them.
If you tune into someone sending an exchange – and you hear it end without any call signs being sent – you have just tuned the middle of a QSO. The station that was just was sending that exchange will be the one leaving the frequency after the QSO is complete. However, if you tune into a station that is sending an exchange – and he finishes it with a callsign – you have just heard the callsign of the station who will be staying on the frequency after the QSO is completed. If this is someone you would like to work – you will want to be ready to call them when the time is right. The right time would be right after the other station acknowledges that they have received the exchange and the QSO is complete. The right time could also be after the station staying on the frequency calls a CQ.
In summary, if you hear someone send an exchange with two call signs in a row or that ends with a QTH, that station is not the one that will be available for you to work after the QSO. Listen for the responding station’s exchange that should end with their call sign – they are the station you can call and work. The QSO example below will demonstrate this trick and it should become second nature after a little practice.
“WDØT KA9FOX 204 Scott Wisconsin” — Do not call now. This is only the first half of a QSO in progress.
“KA9FOX 195 Todd South Dakota WDØT” — WDØT will be available for a QSO, as soon as KA9FOX acknowledges.
“Thanks!” — now that KA9FOX has ack’d that he got all of WDØT’s info, you can say your callsign now.
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isn't KA9FOX supposed to SIGN clear?
from their web page:
When to Send Your Call
The Sprint rules require you to not only send the call sign of the station you are working as part of the exchange – but also your call sign. You may notice that sometimes stations send their call sign at the beginning of the exchange and sometimes at the end of the exchange. What’s up with that? Because of the QSY rule described above, one of the stations in the QSO will be leaving the frequency after the contact is over – and the other station will be staying on the frequency for the next QSO. A simple “trick” has been developed to help you figure out not only who it is that will be staying on the frequency – but when it will be okay to call them.
If you tune into someone sending an exchange – and you hear it end without any call signs being sent – you have just tuned the middle of a QSO. The station that was just was sending that exchange will be the one leaving the frequency after the QSO is complete. However, if you tune into a station that is sending an exchange – and he finishes it with a callsign – you have just heard the callsign of the station who will be staying on the frequency after the QSO is completed. If this is someone you would like to work – you will want to be ready to call them when the time is right. The right time would be right after the other station acknowledges that they have received the exchange and the QSO is complete. The right time could also be after the station staying on the frequency calls a CQ.
In summary, if you hear someone send an exchange with two call signs in a row or that ends with a QTH, that station is not the one that will be available for you to work after the QSO. Listen for the responding station’s exchange that should end with their call sign – they are the station you can call and work. The QSO example below will demonstrate this trick and it should become second nature after a little practice.
“WDØT KA9FOX 204 Scott Wisconsin” — Do not call now. This is only the first half of a QSO in progress.
“KA9FOX 195 Todd South Dakota WDØT” — WDØT will be available for a QSO, as soon as KA9FOX acknowledges.
“Thanks!” — now that KA9FOX has ack’d that he got all of WDØT’s info, you can say your callsign now.
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isn't KA9FOX supposed to SIGN clear?
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