As I have mentioned I do like to post about what other hams are doing. These tend to be a rare item but, i hope to change this beginning in September. After all it should not always be about me. Mostly me but, not always me. Anyway, K2DBK has a blog. One of the posts that caught my attention was that of a 12M adventure, Dave was trying to see if he could hear 5R8UI out of Madagascar. The station working 5R8UI asked if 5R8UI, Mike had here his call then said question mark. Now I have to say I have used the word question mark as well. Usually in the context of confirming a call like VA2UT?. Dave also briefly explained the reason for the Q-coding system especially in CW ops. Interesting view and an interesting blog. Check the post and the entire blog out yourself.
Cliff VA2UTC, with no question marks LOL.
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Hi Cliff,
Thanks for the link, I appreciate it.
As for using the phrase "question mark", I too have used in when having a bunch of stations answer me, such as by saying "The station VA2UT question mark" though usually I'd probably say "The station VA2UT something". In this case, the operator had given his full and complete callsign, and the "question mark" phrase wasn't a placeholder for a missing letter, but was actually the operator indicating that he was asking a question. A little weird on phone, in my opinion.
73,
David, K2DBK
Yes that does sound odd giving the full call then ? verbally. Funny but, a tad out of place.
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