IMHO... I consider it rude and inconsiderate to purposely avoid using the proper
protocol that was specifically designed to provide the Grid to the station you are
calling just to save a few seconds of turnaround between timeslots. The software
was designed such that CQ'ing Stations call using TX6 and answering Stations
respond with TX1, including their Grid. If you answer someone's CQ by using
improper protocol, you are purposely refusing to provide them with info that they
may be seeking by being on the radio in the first place. You are refusing to tell
them your Grid, which they may be collecting for various Awards, and you are
refusing to give them an indication of your location, which would tell them where
their signal is reaching. You might as well give them a crude gesture at the same
time. In many instances, that forces the CQ Station to look up your info on-line
before they'll log it in WSJT and/or their Station Log. That effort takes more time
than the 15 seconds saved by NOT providing your Grid when rudely calling by
using TX2! After reading all the comments here about using TX2 to call Stations
and all the lame/weak excuses for doing so, I'm seriously considering NOT logging
QSOs that call using TX2. I'll work them, but I think I won't Log them. That would
be just as rude and inconsiderate.
GL/73, Bob K8BL (Let the flaming begin. 3...2...1)
