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SIGNALS AND EMISSIONS · Operating activities: radio direction finding, contests, linking over the internet, exchanging grid locators

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Which of the following is good practice when contacting another station in a contest?

  1. ASigning only the last two letters of your call if there are many other stations calling
  2. BContacting the station twice to be sure that you are in his log
  3. CSending only the minimum information needed for proper identification and the contest exchange
  4. DAdding "Please copy" before your exchange
Why Contests are about maximizing the number of valid contacts per hour, so the standard practice is to keep each exchange as short as possible: the other station's call if needed, your call, and the required exchange (typically a signal report plus a serial number, state, section or grid square). Anything beyond identification and the exchange just slows the rate and clogs the frequency. FCC identification rules still apply, so you always send your full assigned call sign, just nothing extra.
Watch out Signing only the last two letters is a tempting shortcut used in some pileups, but it is not proper identification under Part 97 and the pool treats it as poor practice; duplicating a contact wastes time and usually scores zero anyway.
Contest style: full call, exchange, done. No chit-chat, no partial calls, no dupes.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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  1. T8C01 Which of the following methods is used to locate sources of noise interference or jamming?
  2. T8C02 Which of these items would be useful for a hidden transmitter hunt?
  3. T8C03 What operating activity involves contacting as many stations as possible during a specified period?
  4. T8C04 Which of the following is good practice when contacting another station in a contest?
  5. T8C05 What is a grid locator?
  6. T8C06 How is over the air access to Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) nodes accomplished?
  7. T8C07 What is Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP)?
  8. T8C08 What is the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP)?
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  10. T8C10 What is required before using the EchoLink system?
  11. T8C11 What is an amateur radio station that connects other amateur stations to the internet?
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