You may recall the previous BLOG Entries on the subject of "why you should NoT call me".
- [x] - 7 Reasons You [probably] Should Not Call Me - Part 1
- [x] - 7 Reasons You [probably] Should Not Call Me - Part 2
on a given band, I would then call CQ for the QSO parties using one of the following formats:
- CQ 7QP NX6T/6 NX6T/CA
- OR - - CQ NEQP NX6T/6 NX6T/CA
- OR - - CQ QP NX6T/6 NX6T/CA
- "CQ QP" - any variation on this means that I want to hear from any calling station who
is working that SPECIFIC QSO Party contest. - "NX6T/6" - this means that my callsign is NX6T and that I am in the 6TH call area.
- "NX6T/CA" - this means that my callsign is NX6T and that I am in CALIFORNIA.
I say all this because my QSO Party CQ calls resulted in well over 60+ callers NoT in those QSO parties who BLINDLY called me. On Cw because it takes too long to explain the problem, I would
just send " 5NN CA", use Ctrl-W to WIPE their callsign and then press F3 to send "TU NX6T/6".
On Ssb, when working the 7QP Contest, the .WAV file would CLEARLY state that I am in California. When "Billy Bob" (from the 4th or 5th call area) calls in I would ask "are you in the 7th call area?"
and be greeted with silence or confused stuttering.
For this last weekend, rather than giving a discourse on WHEN you SHOULD call me, I shall explain when you SHOULDN'T call me, using the 7QP QSO Party as the example; the same points apply to the NEQP, DEQP & INQP.
- Have You read the RULES for the QSO Party? - If NoT, then You should NoT Call Me.
If You HAVE read the rules, then you know that I am listening for callers ONLY in:
WA, OR, MT, ID, UT, WY, NV, therefore, You should NoT Call Me. - Do You know that CA is in the 6th call area and NoT the 7th? - If NoT,
then You should NoT Call Me. - Do You know what /6 means? - If NoT, then You should NoT Call Me.
- Do You know what /CA means? - If NoT, then You should NoT Call Me.
- There is NOTHING WORSE than a caller being significantly off frequency with horribly
choppy Cw, requiring several repeats on their callsign, only to find out that they are a DUPE
or not in the 7th call area. WHAT a COMPLETE WASTE of MY TIME. - Stations like N5RGH called in 3-times on 20 meters alone. What was his point in doing that? Did he have a reason for calling me? Was EACH contact actually entered in some sort of log?
Can I make it any clearer?
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