It's great this guy asked. That shows a respect for the traditions and that
he's interested in "doing it right." Good for him. There are plenty of
activities in life where individual expression benefits you, but radiosport
is unfortunately not one of them.
Being chatty (or anything other than the essentials) in a RTTY contest is
counter intuitive that it's not being courteous. And helping a new guy
understand why is a disservice or wasted time/bandwidth. If a guy new to
contesting asks (good for him!!!), the answer is to respect the traditions
of the hobby - and that means - because they are asking - to educate them on
the importance of the crisp and efficient exchange.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Stai
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 10:17 AM
To: Fabi
Cc: rtty contesting
Subject: Re: [RTTY] The RTTY efficiency myth
On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Fabi <va2up@live.ca> wrote:
we sure welcome the 'PSE COPY' guys who are just having fun
What Fabi said 100%!
To add to that, the reason *I* try to be as efficient as possible is that
the casual contester is a fickle bunch and they might tune past you as soon
as they see you are wasting time. (And if you are casual, being efficient
yourself helps me too, but if PSE COPY is your style, go for it!)
73 jeff wk6i
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