I am seeing this much more lately as well. I have QSK and still notice
this or I miss the first dit or dah.
W0MU
On 12/5/2016 9:30 AM, David Pruett wrote:
I've been contesting for 40+ years and I've never felt that sending
"test" at the end of a contest CQ has ever hurt my rate. Is it
absolutely necessary? No...but I do think that it helps to attract
more of the casual operators by making the intent of my transmission
clear.
I've read the comments in this thread and while there are no shortage
of opinions, I saw no compelling arguments. Therefore I will continue
to format my contest CQs in a manner which my experience has shown
results in the best rate for me, not for some hotshot with an itchy F4
finger who MIGHT happen to be tuning by.
The thing which drives me nuts are the lids that start sending their
call before I've finished sending. My xcvr switches back to receive
and the station calling me is already sending the second digit of his
call. This is not a CW VOX delay problem as my CW PTT is controlled
by the computer which releases simultaneously with the last CW
element. (Yes, I'm a retired engineer and wrote my own logging
software so I KNOW that's how it works.)
Scenario:
me: CQ TEST K8CC TEST
other: 2XYZ
me: 2XYZ?
other: 2XYZ
me: ?2XYZ
other: 2XYZ
me: 2XYZ NO QSK HR DAMMIT
other: N2XYZ
Disclaimer - the callsign N2XYZ is shown simply as an example. No
doubt the station was simply trying to get the QSO done quickly, but
he's killing his own rate. Doing it on the initial call might be a
simple timing mistake, but doing it over and over (I am not
exaggerating about this) shows a lack of situational awareness on the
part of the other op.
Establishing and completing communication is at the core of
contesting. This requires more that just a fast keyer speed and
transmitting without a sense of timing...
FWIW...just my humble opinion.
Dave K8CC
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