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[RTTY] Courtesy

To: "rtty@contesting.com" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: [RTTY] Courtesy
From: Stanley Zawrotny <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:02:34 -0700
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Some recent posts have been disturbing. Someone was upset because a 2x3 call 
was used to try to contact a DX station in a pileup during a contest. Well, 
that happens to be the F1 default in MMTTY and commonly used by DXers in 
pileups. Maybe this ham wasn't in the contest. Believe it or not, we do have to 
share these bands with non-contesters.

Other posts complained about newbies that didn't use the proper format. If that 
really does get your knickers in such a bind, how about making a macro that 
says, PSE USE FORMAT 59 59 FL FL. We all would benefit from this moment of 
advise. It's better to be an Elmer than a disgruntled old man.

I am also a member of another digital forum that recently had a long thread 
about QRM. It's interesting that RTTY contesting was a part of that discussion. 
We don't have a good reputation, guys. Courtesy is a part of the Amateur Radio 
Creed and also the DX Code of Conduct.

I noticed that no one added TU to their QSOs. I guess a simple "thank you" 
would take almost half a second too long.

OK, start throwing your stones now.

Stan, K4SBZ

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