I must be doing something wrong as it never seems to happen like that on my overseas activations!
73
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OK, just for you Andy I’ll leave it in the car, and the mast too. Handheld yagi and 5 watts. Will you be able to chase me from your spare bedroom? 
Eggs all in one basket. Failure or glory awaits.
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Is this yet another example of those “Really bad manners?”
I had to google it BTW!
Me too. It’s a bit old skool, when you had limited characters in an SMS message. LOL
Today on Fountains Fell G/NP-017 on 20m CW I was being called by an EC8 station. I’d hear the prefix and then a loud S5 station sent his callsign 3 times so I’d send EC8?. The Spanish station would send his callsign and again, the S5 station sends his 3 times. After about 3 attempts I finally get the full callsign and we complete the QSO. Needless to say I did not work the S5 station and just pulled the plug.
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You did the right thing in my book. Ignore the badly behaved station and continue trying to work the station you have partially identified. You have to show that failure to follow the activator directions will result in no QSO.
Have you checked to see if he’s claimed a QSO with you anyway?
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Good advice Andy. I do the same when I experience something similar.
Cheers, Geoff vk3sq
What is the Q-code for this statement when working CW so I can use it while chasing in the future?
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In this case I’d be sending
“EC8? kn” with kn sent as a single character prosign dah-di-dah-dah-dit
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He hasn’t.
I will try that next time although I fear it will make no difference.
It didn’t when he was doing it to me recently! You’re not alone in this.
What also bothers me is the intolerance in which the chaser, sitting in his little armchair, shows himself!
It has always been said that the activator is the king and he manages his time as he sees fit. There in this case we know that he had two summits at more than 2200m to climb…
Bravo José 
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Unfortunately, nowadays vey few people know that or any of the other common prosigns !
73 Victor GI4ONL
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