Hi everybody
It may surprise you but I do agree with Dennis...
My new approach, based on a few contests experience, is the following:
- If I am calling, I may pass the name in the QSL message (ie "QSL DENNIS 73 de
F6IRF CQ"), especialy when the rate is low to moderate (which is - for me- the
majority of the time !) - And more specificaly "I will" if the guy is a well
known station in my log: i.e. a nice chap who makes the effort to call me in
each contest deserves a few hundred milliseconds of my on-air time as a
"delicate attention" (or as Dennis is saying it may be some kind of "feeling
of belonging to the "RTTY CLUB"").
However being pragmatic I may not pass the name in the following cases:
- When replying to a call: in this case my point is to make my exchange as short
as possible... (coz I don't know if I am the only one on the waiting list...)
- In a CQ position, when I know or have the feeling that somebody else is
waiting - in this case, if possible I will chain (ie "AB8NI QSL 73 {CR} NOW
W2UP 599 14 W2UP" ) if not it will be "QSL 73 DE F6IRF CQ"
Now you may consider that option one is wasted time... At the end I don't think
it's really a big deal... You have so many other ways to really waste time,
that I would not even try to list them here !
73's Pat
PS: The worst in the friend.ini being "SOMETHING RADIO-CLUB" (have to filter
those ones!)... the best being "GUYS" ;-) (I like this one - from PI4CC I
think... )
Re: [RTTY] QSO B4
from [roofus] [Permanent Link][Original]
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Subject: Re: [RTTY] QSO B4
From: "roofus" <roofus@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:43:49 -0400
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> Because the friend.ini file doesn't waste enough time?
> Barry W2UP--
> Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
> Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
Being new to the RTTY game and contesting in general I have decided not to
use the friend.ini file although there were many mixed opinions on the
subject. I do know there were a few stations that came back with "Hi
Dennis" and I found it a nice break in the routine and brought a smile to my
face and a feeling of belonging to the "RTTY CLUB". How my name got in
there or perhaps they knew me I don't know for my RTTY activity is new at
best. As of yet I am not a "HARD CORE" contester but the bug has bitten me
pretty hard and may find in the future the HI Dennis a waste of time and
annoying like the 2X2 and 3X3 calls but for now it was pretty cool. I am
not and for the time being will not use the friend.ini.
For what it's worth, that new guy,
Dennis AB8Ni
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