Rowland,
Try using better antennas (sorry, too hard to resist)!
Seriously, I've always subscribed to the theory of keeping it simple.
Sending "NR agn?" or just "NR?" is best. Trying to be cute with coded
algorithms
(e.g., 3?9) is generally unproductive in most cases.
So, the bottom line is that you have it right. BTW, with longer exchanges
(especially contests like CW SS), it's sometimes easier to simply ask the
station to repeat the entire exchange rather than trying to negotiate a
partial
fill -- especially if the operator is inexperienced or slow. One or two
attempts at CK?, for example, will give it away.
We could also talk about phone contest exchanges, but I don't think anyone
sponsors SSB contests anymore, do they? Or, is it that most of us don't like
them anymore? :-)
73 John, K1AR
In a message dated 8/11/2008 11:34:48 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
Rowland.Archer@gxs.com writes:
Hi folks,
While asking for "nr nr" over and over this weekend on WAE CW, it occurred
to me that I didn't know any "standard" practice for asking for the JUST that
one digit or letter I'm missing. Nothing more frustrating than something
like this sequence:
You: K4XD ur 5NN 3<QRN>9
Me: NR NR?
You: 5NN 3<fade>9, 3<static crash>
Me: AGN NR?
You: NR 5NN 3<fade>
Me: 3?9 3?9
You: ur 5NN 3<crash>9 5NN 3<fade>
You get the picture. I keep hearing the stuff I don't need, and not hearing
that one bit of information I'm lacking. Only once this weekend did I hear
someone try to specify the single digit he was missing -- he sent "NR 3 NR
3?" to indicate he was missing the 3rd digit.
I would think sending 3?9 would indicate "please just send the number
between 3 and 9" but it seldom works, people resend the whole sequence most of
the
time, or send 5NN very slowly just in case I missed that part! It is
frustrating to hear the parts you already know coming through clearly, knowing
you
would have the missing info if they were sending that instead of what you
already copied.
Any advice from the brain trust? (Besides better antennas!)
73,
Rowland K4XD
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