Hi All:
No, let's not make it part of the number. 46B versus 466?!?!?
I used to use "pwr?" as well, but switched to "prec?". Hmmm...
that IS what it's called guys.
I kinda like "Q?" If you can't hear the person well, that's as
good a guess as any! :-) Of course, if he has a Q in his call...
73,
Mark, KD4D
> K3NA said:
>
> >I found "PWR?" worked as well as "PREC?" in
> >getting fills during the SS CW contest.
>
> I, to, always used to say "pwr?" and that worked fine when the precedence
> was only a function of power (in the GOOD OLD DAYS).
>
> However, this weekend I had such mixed results early on, because I think a
> lot of "modern entrants" don't see the precedence as linked to power like it
> was before. So I thought about an alternative. My big SS Secret is: I
> settled on asking "Q?" because this seemed to make sense to everyone I sent
> it to and they would correct me if they weren't a "Q" person.
>
> Still, if it was a part of the number (i.e. "45Q") I think that would make
> it overall easier.
>
> Mark, N5OT
>
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