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> From: ed@w0yk.com
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 13:35:51 -0700
> Subject: [RTTY] Trailing CQ
>
> The only valid reason for the trailing 'CQ' in RTTY messages is that it has
> (unnecessarily) been done that way for many years now. RTTY contesters
> expect it and can be confused if it isn't there.
> REPLY: I strongly disagree. The reason, as I see it, is for the times when an
> S&P station tunes across a CQ partway through the CQ and hears only the call
> of the CQ station. Without the trailing CQ, he doesn't know if that is a CQ
> of a call from another S&P station. With the trailing CQ, he knows
> immediately and can respond immediately without having to wait for another
> CQ. Happens many times each contest. It serves the same purpose as "TEST"
> does in a CW contest. 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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