CQ — Calling anyone who is listening.
An open invitation for any station to answer. It belongs on HF and simplex — never on a repeater, where you simply say your callsign and "listening."
How you would hear it
"CQ CQ CQ, this is…"
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Related words
- RST — The signal report system.
- Contest — A competitive operating event.
- Pileup — Everybody calling one station at once.
- Spot — A public post saying who is on the air and where.
- VE — Volunteer Examiner.
- Net — A scheduled on-air gathering.
- ARRL — The national association for amateur radio in the US.
- DX — Distance. A far-away station.