Hello, all. I've really started to get more into contesting, so you'll
probably be hearing me more on the air as time goes on. This was my
first RTTY contest, and I noticed a wierd idiosyncracy. I'm not certain
what to make of it. Let's look at the following exchange (other
callsigns redacted to protect the guilty):
K1ABC: CQ CQ NAQP DE K1ABC K1ABC NAQP CQ
N0QXW: N0QXW
K1ABC: N0QX BILL BILL VT VT N0QX
N0QXW: N0QXW NOQXW K1ABC MATT MATT MT MT K1ABC DE N0QXW N0QXW
K1ABC: N0QX TU QRZ DE K1ABC
As you can probably guess, my name isn't Martin and I don't live in
Texas, like the legitimate N0QX does... Although I wish him lots and
lots of contacts. I'd think that my hardware is putting out bogus
audio, but let's look at another busted contact from this weekend:
W4XYZ: CQ TEST CQ TEST DE W4XYZ W4XYZ TEST
N0QXW: N0QXW N0QXW N0QXW
W4XYZ: N0QX WARREN WARREN AL AL N0QX
N0QXW: N0QXW N0QXW N0QXW W4XYZ MATT MATT MT MT W4XYZ DE N0QXW N0QXW
W4XYZ: WN0QX QSL TU DE W4XYZ QRZ?
I guess the lesson here is to not give my exchange information until I
get my callsign returned to me correctly. Anyone else experience
something similar?
--mec
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