<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Dirk Esterline <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kg8jk@qsl.net">kg8jk@qsl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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You are right in the sense that you probably don't want to head off to the<br>
CW portion and start calling CQ. However, it is quite common to make an<br>
SSB contact and have that person ask if you are on CW. If you are a new<br>
county for them, a CW contact would count as another multiplier.<br>
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Here is the advantage to that. First, since CW is allowed anywhere on the<br>
band, you don't need to change frequencies and try to find each other.<br>
Just stay right where you are and change the mode switch on your radio to<br>
CW. </blockquote><div><br><br><div>Dick, and all,<br>
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This used to be true, but the rules now state in Section 8 - Miscellaneous <br>
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<font size="2"><font color="#000080" face="Verdana">(b) No cross-mode contacts. Both
stations must be using the same mode of transmission. Also, CW contacts must be made in the CW portions
of the band.<br>
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</font></font>So you do have to go to the CW only subband to work the station on CW.<br><br>73 Hank K8DD<br>
</div> </div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>"I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio." Ed Bradley<br>--<br>"Me too!" K8DD<br>--<br>