A particularly annoying example:
Late this afternoon a few rare (for this contest) zones popped up - 12 Chile
and 7 Costa Rica. The pileups are pure QRM anyway, but a number of callers
decided that it was a good idea to send the called station twice, DE, then
their call three times.TI9GGG TI9GGG DE ID10T ID10T ID10T.
Sheesh.
Al
AB2ZY
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From: RTTY [rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Blaine
[keepwalking188@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:26 AM
To: Stephen M. Shearer; 'RTTY Reflector'
Subject: Re: [RTTY] To DE or not to DE
It's very simple.
1. If DE as a state name can be a required part of the contest exchange...
2. Then under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should DE be used as part of the exchange.
3. There are no exceptions.
Generally speaking, as mentioned earlier, DE is generally a waste of time
but preferences vary.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen M. Shearer
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 7:23 AM
To: 'RTTY Reflector'
Subject: Re: [RTTY] To DE or not to DE
No matter what I do.. WB3LGC 599 05 DE .. get questions... Shorter seems
better and depending upon the contest exchange it can be worse...
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hank Garretson
Sent: 24 September, 2013 2:23 PM
To: RTTY Reflector; NCCC Reflector
Subject: [RTTY] To DE or not to DE
The big one is this weekend, CQWW RTTY. http://www.cqwwrtty.com/
Here are some tips that will make everyone's weekend more fun.
To DE or not to DE. It depends, but mostly not. Almost all the time, who is
sending is clear from sequence and timing. DE usually adds nothing to a
contest exchange, and DE can be very confusing. For instance, W6SX 599 05 IN
DE w4xxx. Ditch the DE.
When responding to a CQ, it is generally a waste of time to send
W6SX DE w8xxx
Instead, just drop your call one, two, or three times depending on
conditions.
CQ TEST W6SX W6SX CQ
w8xxx w8xxx
w8xxx 599 03 CA
W6SX 599 04 MI
TU W6SX CQ ...
CU all Saturday and Sunday. We're going to have a blast.
Diddle Exuberantly,
Hank, W6SX
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