One purpose of line 5 is to assure that each station knows who they are
working, rather than being cross-wired with an adjacent QSO. However, many
of us trade-off this assurance for a shorter total QSO sequence in search of
rate.
73,
Ed - W0YK
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:49 PM
> To: CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] He sends my callsign
>
>
> A lot of my contest QSO's this past weekend went like this:
> 1. I send CQ SS
> 2. He sends his callsign
> 3. I send his callsign
> 4. I send exchange
> 5. He sends my callsign
> 6. He sends exchange
>
> What is the purpose of line 5?
>
> In those instances when I answered a CQ, I did not include line 5.
> Should I have?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve K8JQ
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