N6NQZ
07-09-2012, 10:49 PM
For me it was (in codespeak of course): "Gotta go, my wife's gonna get pregnant tonight and I want to be there when it happens"
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WB2WIK
07-09-2012, 10:58 PM
For me it was (in codespeak of course): "Gotta go, my wife's gonna get pregnant tonight and I want to be there when it happens"
Is there a "Q" signal for that?
Maybe QFW or something?
If I need to terminate a QSO, I don't need to explain it. I shut the rig off and walk away...
Is there a "Q" signal for that?
Maybe QFW or something?
If I need to terminate a QSO, I don't need to explain it. I shut the rig off and walk away...
K6JJR
07-09-2012, 11:06 PM
When I can only get a "UR 599" I lose interest right away. Name and location, folks!
WC5P
07-10-2012, 01:52 AM
i had to end a QSO once when my antenna caught on fire ..........
WY5V
07-10-2012, 04:10 AM
I have a QSL card around here from a three mode contact. It started out on RTTY. But his computer crashed. Then I called him on CW. He then asked me to switch to phone where the contact concluded. The card has two frequencies and 3 modes are checked.
K9ZMD
07-10-2012, 05:39 AM
My second contact ever was a two-mode. The CW part ended with KN9WIC repeatedly sending his telephone number and "MY RX JUST DIED, LL ME", until he heard his phone ring.
Another memorable one, over 50 years later, was the first CW contact for a fellow I had to ask for basic QSO info, one transmission at a time, "Name?" "QTH?". Finally, he slowly spelled out he was sending with a toggle switch & getting tired. Later, his QSL card informed me that a for-real key was in the mail to him; meanwhile, he was studying CW operating procedures.
Another memorable one, over 50 years later, was the first CW contact for a fellow I had to ask for basic QSO info, one transmission at a time, "Name?" "QTH?". Finally, he slowly spelled out he was sending with a toggle switch & getting tired. Later, his QSL card informed me that a for-real key was in the mail to him; meanwhile, he was studying CW operating procedures.
2E0OZI
07-10-2012, 05:55 AM
Ive been QRMed by my 7 year old daughter grabbing my sending arm......and wanting me to play with her. So I stopped the contact with a short "QRM daughter 73 OM TU FER QSO "
G4ALA
07-10-2012, 03:24 PM
Its just like hanging up on a telephone call when you just want to stop but cannot find a polite way.
The trick is to depress the "phone on hook" switch in the middle of something you are saying. If quizzed, you can later say you were "cut off" and will probably be believed.
I should not think many people need an excuse to end a CW QSO. Apart from a very few, most seem to be of the "Hello. Goodbye. P**s of, I wish to speak to anyone else right now" variety. Rubber stamp of just plain rude?
I guess it avoids having to read plain speech.
73
John G4ALA
The trick is to depress the "phone on hook" switch in the middle of something you are saying. If quizzed, you can later say you were "cut off" and will probably be believed.
I should not think many people need an excuse to end a CW QSO. Apart from a very few, most seem to be of the "Hello. Goodbye. P**s of, I wish to speak to anyone else right now" variety. Rubber stamp of just plain rude?
I guess it avoids having to read plain speech.
73
John G4ALA
N5XM
07-10-2012, 04:02 PM
An EMERGENCY pit stop (just part of getting older!)...
Terrible, awful fist that makes my head spin...fortunately this doesn't happen often.
A maniac who just keeps sending and sending and sending, but only talks about himself. Some of these guys don't seem to care about a single thing you have to say.
My 3 indoor dogs getting into something they shouldn't, or just throwing a FIT to go outside. I'd rather chop a QSO short than clean up after them. Sometimes I feel like we are their pets.
A ring at the doorbell, occassionally it's important...
Terrible, awful fist that makes my head spin...fortunately this doesn't happen often.
A maniac who just keeps sending and sending and sending, but only talks about himself. Some of these guys don't seem to care about a single thing you have to say.
My 3 indoor dogs getting into something they shouldn't, or just throwing a FIT to go outside. I'd rather chop a QSO short than clean up after them. Sometimes I feel like we are their pets.
A ring at the doorbell, occassionally it's important...
WA9CWX
07-10-2012, 04:28 PM
Usualy, I just say somettthing along the lines of 'TNX QSO OM, GG TO TUNE AROUND A BIT B4 QRT HERE, 73 CUL, TNX,
TNX 4 QUESTION< OM< GG TO READ A FEW MORE POSTS B4 HAVING LUNCH, 73
TNX
Frank
TNX 4 QUESTION< OM< GG TO READ A FEW MORE POSTS B4 HAVING LUNCH, 73
TNX
Frank
N8YX
07-10-2012, 05:55 PM
If you DX or contest via CW this usually isn't an issue.
W8IXY
07-10-2012, 06:54 PM
Unusual reasons for terminating a contact, CW or otherwise:
Rig catches on Fire
Zapped by the voltage on the key contacts (happened several times to me with old rig)
Dinner disagreeed with you
Dog ate the log
Antenna fell down, blew down, melted or fell out of the tree
Key broke
Keyer broke
Bug trouble (as in wasps not a "bug" key)
Spouse trouble
Important phone call
Missing favorite TV show
Dog ran away
Neighbor experiencing TVI standing outside your door with a baseball bat
Fell asleep
73
Ted W8IXY
Rig catches on Fire
Zapped by the voltage on the key contacts (happened several times to me with old rig)
Dinner disagreeed with you
Dog ate the log
Antenna fell down, blew down, melted or fell out of the tree
Key broke
Keyer broke
Bug trouble (as in wasps not a "bug" key)
Spouse trouble
Important phone call
Missing favorite TV show
Dog ran away
Neighbor experiencing TVI standing outside your door with a baseball bat
Fell asleep
73
Ted W8IXY
AB1QP
07-10-2012, 08:47 PM
Is there a "Q" signal for that?
Maybe QFW or something?
If I need to terminate a QSO, I don't need to explain it. I shut the rig off and walk away...
Sounds a little like the stereotypical date night good-night.
I suppose there's always "sorry dude, I bumped the VFO"
AB1QP
Maybe QFW or something?
If I need to terminate a QSO, I don't need to explain it. I shut the rig off and walk away...
Sounds a little like the stereotypical date night good-night.
I suppose there's always "sorry dude, I bumped the VFO"
AB1QP
G0GQK
07-10-2012, 09:04 PM
You missed the most important one, the need to evacuate your bladder, known commonly over here as a need to go to the loo, or on your side of the pond, visit the bath room.
Mel G0GQK
Mel G0GQK
K7JBQ
07-10-2012, 10:12 PM
John,
I taught that "hang up trick" to every automotive person at every Better Business Bureau in the United States back when I was head of the National Automotive Program at the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
There are, alas, some folks who will gladly keep you on the phone all day...and correct, no one ever thinks you hung up on yourself.
73,
Bill
Its just like hanging up on a telephone call when you just want to stop but cannot find a polite way.
The trick is to depress the "phone on hook" switch in the middle of something you are saying. If quizzed, you can later say you were "cut off" and will probably be believed.
I should not think many people need an excuse to end a CW QSO. Apart from a very few, most seem to be of the "Hello. Goodbye. P**s of, I wish to speak to anyone else right now" variety. Rubber stamp of just plain rude?
I guess it avoids having to read plain speech.
73
John G4ALA
I taught that "hang up trick" to every automotive person at every Better Business Bureau in the United States back when I was head of the National Automotive Program at the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
There are, alas, some folks who will gladly keep you on the phone all day...and correct, no one ever thinks you hung up on yourself.
73,
Bill
Its just like hanging up on a telephone call when you just want to stop but cannot find a polite way.
The trick is to depress the "phone on hook" switch in the middle of something you are saying. If quizzed, you can later say you were "cut off" and will probably be believed.
I should not think many people need an excuse to end a CW QSO. Apart from a very few, most seem to be of the "Hello. Goodbye. P**s of, I wish to speak to anyone else right now" variety. Rubber stamp of just plain rude?
I guess it avoids having to read plain speech.
73
John G4ALA
KJ4VTH
07-11-2012, 02:28 AM
Once I signed SK and the other party thought I was really dead and sent my wife flowers.
Odd, huh?
Odd, huh?
W8ZNX
07-11-2012, 08:59 AM
Is there a "Q" signal for that?
Maybe QFW or something?
If I need to terminate a QSO, I don't need to explain it. I shut the rig off and walk away...
BINGO
been doing that for years
really need to be someplace else
now
just turn off radio
tap a grid leak
can 20 feet from radio
not hard to copy code
and tap grid leak at same time
helm down
grab your beer
mac
Maybe QFW or something?
If I need to terminate a QSO, I don't need to explain it. I shut the rig off and walk away...
BINGO
been doing that for years
really need to be someplace else
now
just turn off radio
tap a grid leak
can 20 feet from radio
not hard to copy code
and tap grid leak at same time
helm down
grab your beer
mac
