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G2A08

OPERATING PROCEDURES · - Phone operating procedures: USB/LSB conventions, breaking into a contact, transmitter setup for voice operation; answering DX stations

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What is the recommended way to break into a phone contact?

  1. ASay "QRZ" several times, followed by your call sign
  2. BSay your call sign once
  3. CSay "Breaker Breaker"
  4. DSay "CQ" followed by the call sign of either station
Why On SSB phone, the accepted way to join an ongoing QSO is to wait for a natural pause between transmissions and simply give your call sign once, clearly. That identifies you legally and lets the stations in contact decide whether to invite you in. Repeating it over and over or using CB-style jargon just clutters the frequency and wastes time.
Watch out "QRZ" is the Q signal meaning "who is calling me?" and is used by a station that has heard an unidentified caller, not by the station trying to break in; "CQ" is a general call to anyone, which is not what you are doing when two stations are already talking.
Break in with your call sign once, not twice, not "breaker breaker." Amateur radio is not CB.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of G2A

  1. G2A01 Which mode is most commonly used for voice communications on frequencies of 14 MHz or higher?
  2. G2A02 Which mode is most commonly used for voice communications on the 160-, 75-, and 40-meter bands?
  3. G2A03 Which mode is most commonly used for SSB voice communications in the VHF and UHF bands?
  4. G2A04 Which mode is most commonly used for voice communications on the 17- and 12-meter bands?
  5. G2A05 Which mode of voice communication is most commonly used on the HF amateur bands?
  6. G2A06 Which of the following is an advantage of using single sideband, as compared to other analog voice modes on t…
  7. G2A07 Which of the following statements is true of single sideband (SSB)?
  8. G2A08 What is the recommended way to break into a phone contact?
  9. G2A09 Why do most amateur stations use lower sideband on the 160-, 75-, and 40-meter bands?
  10. G2A10 Which of the following statements is true of VOX operation versus PTT operation?
  11. G2A11 Generally, who should respond to a station in the contiguous 48 states calling "CQ DX"?
  12. G2A12 What control is typically adjusted for proper ALC setting on a single sideband transceiver?
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