[FQP] [FCG] W4ZW Observations of Relative Signals from the FQP

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In a message dated 5/2/2011 3:15:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lromero at ij.net writes:

You  observe that some of the CW ops were using dit dit as the  "turnover". 
Let me clarify this.  I was the op doing this from the  N4TO-mobile.  I 
would only do it with fast ops on the other end and usually  only at the start 
of a county when other callers were waiting.  
 
I did this for maybe a total of less than one hour out of the total 20-hour 
 operating period, so it was not the standard operating practice.  
 
I totally agree that this scares off the casual "drive-by".  But they  were 
not my audience at that moment.  Had you listened to us later  in those 
same counties, you would've heard me sign the call 3x at slow speeds,  well 
under 30 WPM, just to trawl in some of the other participants.  We  want to 
work everyone, but it's just not efficient to operate the same way all  the 
time...
 
73, Dan, half of Team N4TO