Dave,
I agree with you that its a nice practice and it also gives everyone a
chance to find out who the DX is, if they arn't signing thier call after
every qso.
Bob N8YGG
David R. Andersen wrote:
>
> > However here is an example of another type of poor technique I
> > observed in the contest. A lot of people have their logging programs
> > programmed to send the DX's call as part of the exchange, for example:
> >
> > R HC1OT
> > "the pack" responds
> > W1XYZ 599-1234
> > HC1OT TU 599-028 <--- bad technique
> > R HC1OT, etc
> >
> > Why did W1XYZ send my call?
>
> Its difficult for me to believe that sending the callsign of the station you
> are working is "poor operating technique." I can imagine several reasons
> why, in this example, W1XYZ would send your call. Most probably, it is
> so that the stations calling 200 Hz above you and 300 Hz below you aren't
> mistaken into thinking that W1XYZ is working them. This eliminates one of the
> most common kinds of errors made by run stations - that of working callers
> who are actually qsoing another station that can't be heard by you.
>
> Or am I missing something?
>
> Dave
> K0RX
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