On Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:32:38 EDT
> All that said, I disagree that a failure to elicit a
>response to a "?" or
> "QRL" constitutes a grant of a frequency. Call a quick
>CQ, and if a guy comes
> on telling you "QRL QSY", do so.
Of course, even "CQ N5EE" is significantly longer than
The other issue that comes up when you do it this way
is... what happens if someone answers your quick CQ?
- isn't your caller likely to QRM the rightful user,
trying to figure out where you went, especially if you
might be a mult?
- Might your caller clobber the rightful user's "QRL QSY",
causing you to wrongly believe the channel was unoccupied?
- If you ignore the caller, aren't you wrongly wasting his
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
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