I didn't always log in the sequence anyway. When doing S&P, to save time,
I'd tune by a station, hear for instance "74 OK" and type that in. Then
I'd go back and type in the callsign when he called CQ and answer him if
we hadn't worked. Then I'd fill in the number and precedence.
Did anyone else do that?
73, Zack W9SZ
On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Mark Beckwith wrote:
>> I may have been dreaming again, but didn't Sean from the ARRL post on
>> here before the contest saying that your callsign during the
>> exchange was required ????
>
>
> Sean said the callsign is part of the exchange. Sean said the rules did NOT
> say when you had to exchange the callsign. The rules suggest an order for
> the exchange. In the suggested order, the callsign comes after the
> precedence and before the check.
>
> Sean said "we're not going to disqualify you if you send all the items in
> the non-standard order" then explained why he thought it was a good idea to
> send them in the standard order.
>
> Ops who sent their callsigns in a way that the receiving operator logged
> their callsign, but who did not put their callsign after their precedence
> and before their check, have satisfied the exchange requirement and are not
> in violation the rules. If the other op got your call, then you obviously
> exchanged it with them at some point, albeit out of order.
>
> After Sean stated all this so clearly, the discussion is about whether or
> not it is a good operating technique or a bad operating technique to not put
> your call in the standard order. I personally think sending your call when
> it is expected, after the precedence and before the check, is the best
> choice, and I don't think omitting it gains any advantage in reality. Or to
> quote Sean: "why would you want to?"
>
> Mark, N5OT
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