I'm with Ed. There were many times during the WPX that hearing my call come
back ONCE was a good assurance that they weren't replying to the
interlopers that just popped up on my QRG.
My call three or four times, not so much... ;) 73 jeff wk6i
On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:03 PM, Ed W0YK <ed@w0yk.com> wrote:
> It assures that the station is actually working me and not a station also
> running on my frequency that I don't copy.
> I get NILs for logging someone else's pile-up.
> 73,Ed W0YK
> -------- Original message --------From: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>
> Date: 2/12/18 10:08 PM (GMT-04:00) To: RTTY Reflector <
> rtty@contesting.com> Subject: Re: [RTTY] WPX
> ------------ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ------------(may be snipped)
>
> On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 16:46:03 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Ah, yes...sending me back my number. First time I've ever seen [QSL:
> >239] or whatever. Glad I'm not the only one who thought that was
> >weird...and a waste of time and characters.
>
> REPLY:
>
> /Amen to that. An even bugger waste of time is to send MYCALL DE
> HISCALL when replying to my CQ. I know my call, just sent yours
> please!!
>
> There may be times when sending MYCALL is useful but I can't recall
> when it would be. :-)
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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