All of these answers sound great. So much of this answer is dependent upon
your specific station setup and contest strategy that it's very hard to give
an answer. Here's my HO on what to think about when making this decision.
- What's your mult total on 15? If you need mults on that band, a trip
there might be in order and CQing for THEM might be a good strategy.
- How serious about this contest and scoring well? Do you careif your
rate drops because you start CQing on the "wrong" band?
- Should you even say yes?
- Do you need THEM as a mult on 15? somewhere else? Maybe after you nab
them on 15, you should see if they'll go to 20 for you.
- What's your rate like on the current band? might you be able to do
better on 15? If so maybe move your S&P operation to that band if cqing
doesn't work after working N2MM.
- What's your mult total on the current band? might you be more likely
to pick up more mults on 15? Maybe you should direct some effort towards 15
and CQ there.
- What's your station setup? Can you continue to S&P on the current band
while you work THEM on another rig/antenna?
- Can you run on that 2nd rig/antenna? (maybe the 2nd rig is barefoot to
a vertical)
- Is the MUF going up or down at this point in the day?
- Do you need other mults on 15 in the general vicinity of the guy who
asked you to move? If you can work them, maybe you can work others (i.e. if
you need RI on 15, and you can work CT it might be worth looking more
seriously at S&P or running on 15)
- Are you in the assisted category - if so check the spots to see what
activity is like on 15.
Two things to remember.
1. N2MM has found a clear frequency on 15 where he can send folks. If
you start CQing you put the end to that. But, it's not really "his"
frequency anyhow.
2. N2MM has found you a clear frequency on 15M. if you're thinking of
moving there anyhow, your work is done for you!
How I decide to contact the guy who asks me to move depends greatly on these
factors above and many others as well.
Good luck.
73 de Al, KE1FO
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Julius Fazekas <phriendly1@yahoo.com>wrote:
> I'd agree with you Dick... calling CQ is worth the effort, you never know
> who was listening and following and you're there anyway... go for it, you
> could open a whole new front ;o)
>
> 73,
> Julius
>
> Julius Fazekas
> N2WN
>
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>
> --- On Tue, 8/26/08, Dick Dievendorff <dieven@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > From: Dick Dievendorff <dieven@comcast.net>
> > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] QSY etiquette (NAQP)
> > To: "'Art Boyars'" <art.boyars@verizon.net>, cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 8:37 AM
> > When I move I tune quickly to see if the guy is already
> > there so I can
> > answer him. Failing that, calling CQ seems like a
> > productive thing to do.
> > I want to be doing something that helps my score and I want
> > to stay on the
> > agreed frequency, and I want to advertise my presence so
> > that the guy I'm
> > moving with can find me, so calling CQ sounds like just the
> > right thing to
> > do.
> >
> > I think you did just the right thing.
> >
> > Dick, K6KR
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Art
> > Boyars
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 1:55 AM
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] QSY etiquette (NAQP)
> >
> > I was fooling around back in NAQP CW. Working 40M, N2MM
> > asked me to QSY to
> > 15M. OK. I moved up to the specified freq but I did not
> > know the
> > etiquette: who calls whom. I guessed that since I was the
> > askee then I
> > could have the freq, so I started calling CQ. (It worked,
> > sort of. K1ZZ
> > came back pretty quick. Then he worked N2MM, who was below
> > ESP level here.)
> >
> > Did I do right? For Single OP askee, what is the proper
> > procedure for this
> > "pse work me on a new band" QSY?
> >
> > 73, Art K3KU
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