Well Tony, I'm going to change my TU macro from QRZ to QRV just to be
technically correct. Then at least people who really know exactly what the
Q-signals mean will send me their call right away instead of waiting for
someone else to send, which will cause dead time in my run. I must confess
that
I thought QRZ meant "whoever is there send now", but since it really means
something else to Q-signal pros, I can't argue that. I'm a relative newbie
with
only 10 years contesting and only recognize the meaning of a few of the most
common Q-signals. Always something to learn. That's one of the reasons I enjoy
contesting. Do you think QRV will catch on, or will I always be a queer duck?
73,
Bill N3XL
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Bill:
those of us who have been around for a while (45+) in ham radio will know what
QRV means . those kiddies hi hi... will just have to read what the Q signals
are.. it is like what you hear guys doing this day and time to see if the
freq
is in use. QRZ QRZ ?? DE XXXXXX.. instead of QRL .
73
ZUT DE WA4JQS
Tony
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I use QRZ, but in looking at the meaning of Q signals, I probably should use
QRV - "I'm ready to receive", after my TU. Do you think QRV instead of QRZ
would confuse people while I'm running? I don't want to use CQ, if people are
already waiting to call me, and reserve CQ for general calling after the run
has dissipated, per AA6YL.
73,
Bill N3XL
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From: Fabi va2up <va2up@live.ca>
To: rtty contesting rttycontesting <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon, January 10, 2011 1:22:51 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ
Hi,
I think that in contest pretty much everybody should use the same format in
their macros. Macros should be predictable. With ragchewing macros we can be
crative, very welcome in fact, but in contest let the pros lead the way and
copy what they do, I always watch them to try and improve my skills, after all
they must be doing something right... I think the addition of CQ at the end of
the calling macro is one of the best things that ever happended in contesting
but if I zap by S&Ping and hear a 'QRZ' I will have to wait and see if the
station is actually running or if someone is just wondering who's the station
on that frequency, in other words I'm far from sure who's calling who.
It was nice seing everybody this weekend. HNY 2011
73
Fabi va2up
http://sites.google.com/site/va2upcontesting/
> From: Ktfrog007@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:56:23 -0500
> To: RTTY@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> This brings up an interesting semantic point, but I think everyone knows
> what's going on. Even so, I may change my running QRZ to CQ to save a
> character.
>
> I enjoyed this contest a lot. The 24 hour max is humane (I split it into
> two 12 hour segments with a six hour sleep break ) and had a few 10M QSOs.
> No VT, however, which is one of my main complaints about the universe. Is
> VT a mythical land? Like Atlantis or Shangri-La?
>
> 73,
> Kermit, AB1J
>
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