I agree. WAE is a fun contest and is open to all.
When I get a bit tired...I just don't do the QTC thing.
But they are fun.
Trying to guess which signals will be good enough to pass the qtc's without
repeats is a contest within a contest.
And qtc passing really can make the score jump in a hurry.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hill, Don" <dhill@cprk.com>
To: "RTTY Reflector (E-mail)" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:23 PM
Subject: [RTTY] WAEDC RTTY Contest
> There were a lot of comments made to the reflector that certain operators
> would be skipping the WAEDC RTTY Contest because they did not care
> for the exchange of QTC's.
>
> Just because you don't care to exchange QTC's doesn't mean you shouldn't
> operate the contest. We need everyone's participation!
>
> I would encourage everyone to operate the contest. If you don't want to
> mess with QTC traffic, just make a buffer that says "SORRY NO QTC".
> No one is going to get mad at you for not wanting to send or receive
QTC's.
>
> I enjoy the sending and receiving of QTC's. It's a challenge and a change
> from the normal type of contest exchange. But others don't care for it
and
> that's fine but that shouldn't prevent them from entering the contest.
>
> Hope to see everyone next weekend.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
>
>
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