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by N9GXA on September 23, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I am wondering how you would handle this: One day I answered a CQ at a speed I could handle. QSO went great and at the end neither one of us signed SK or QRT (Ignorance or lapse of memory on my part). After we signed, a different station calls me. Let's call him station "C". I feel bad about this, but I didn't acknowledge him. I felt the original station calling CQ has the frequency for now. He may want to call CQ again. I don't know. And at my peppy 7-10 wpm, the following QSO wouldn't end very soon. I also didn't know how to politely and proficiently let station "C" know how I felt. In the end I believe I owed this action (or lack of) to the original station, but at the expense of not being polite to station "C". On phone, I would have acknowledged station "C", but quickly let him know I wasn't originally on frequency and ask him to QSY if a roundtable wasn't desired by either station "A" or "C". I now wonder if I should have just asked station "C" to QSY? How would you have handled this or what should I do if this happens again?? Thanks! 73 Paul N9GXA

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by WB2WIK on September 23, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Yep. Unfortunately there isn't an appropriate Q signal for this (wish there were, and I've even inquired about this and was advised the ITU must get involved as these are "international" symbols -- it would be a long battle to get a new one assigned). In this situation, I send "C PSE QSY U2 NT MY FREQ BK" and see if he responds "OK CU THR" or whatever. It usually works. WB2WIK/6

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by N3OX on September 23, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
"C PSE QSY U2 NT MY FREQ BK" I'd personally probably send "DE N3OX UP 2" or some such and then just go. It's a little "broadcasty" but it's short and sweet. Then I'd go up 2 (or 2.5 or 1.5 if there's something going on up there already) and give maybe a 2x1 or 3x2 call to that station. I figure the acknowledgment of my request to go up to comes when the other guy shows up, and if he didn't really hear what I said, maybe he'll find me as he tunes up anyway. If you don't get a chance to try to move the other station (like the original guy says QRZ? right away), just quickly find a clear frequency a kHz-ish up or down and call CQ. Sure, sometimes someone else will come back, but chances are good that the other guy will continue to tune the band and be the first to find you. Most of the time when I'm doing this, it tends to be a low signal-to-noise DX situation, so that colors my response a little. I like to be very succinct and then get out of the original guy's way (especially because there's a chance that I have some other U.S.A. stations waiting for a chance to get a QSO that might be tough for them). 73, Dan

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by N4KZ on September 24, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I would have sent the other fellow's call, then sent QSY up 2 or whatever and then signed de my call. Wouldn't take very long to send and its meaning should be clear to most. If would be nice if there was a specific Q signal for this but there's not. All in all, this is the same thing you'd have said on phone, just using a Q signal and abbreviations. 73, N4KZ

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by N0NS on September 24, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I have been in a QSO, one I started and had a third station come in and call the other station I was working after we both signed. Personally, it didn't bother me one bit. Why? 1. There is always a chance that the third station knows the guy I just worked and really wants to talk to him. 2. Consider how many "slots" there are to operate CW in our bands, I can just turn the VFO up or down a tad and call CQ if I care to. 3. I usually log the guy right after the QSO. If the second station gets an inbound call, I just proceed to fill out my logbook. If I want to call CQ again, I just move up or down a few kHz. No big deal. Now, if I answered a CQ and we wrapped it up and a third station called me (this has happened to me BTW) then I would go ahead and answer the guy. Why? 1. QSY'ing can be challenging especially if the other guy is a newer ham. 2. Who is to say that the station you originally worked intends to keep calling CQ? I find that happens about 10% of the time when I answer CQ's. 3. The original station who called CQ may want to work someone else, and if so, I'm making a big assumption that he will be ok with me taking over. Now, all of this being said, one thing I will not do is answer a CQ, wrap that QSO up, and then proceed to call CQ 10 seconds after that QSO is finished. That is a clear case of hijacking the frequency... 73 Joe N0NS

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by W8ZNX on September 25, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
we do this for fun don't worry lots of things you could do just send a quick question to the station you had been working like ok if i take the freq ? or reply to station calling you then move freq new morse ops worry too much relax this is not a DAR dinner mac dit dit

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by KB8DFK on September 25, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Make sure you ask QRL before you tell station 'c' to QSY.

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