> Yes, I agree, please do Not send "dashes" between anything, 599 05 is
> quite enough.
For the upcoming ARRL RTTY Roundup the exchange is your state as in 599 TX.
You can always get great message examples at http://rttycontesting.com/
73 Terry - AB5K
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrei Nevis" <v49a@yahoo.com>
To: "robert" <tf3rb@internet.is>; <RTTY@contesting.com>; "Shelby
Summerville" <k4ww@arrl.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup
> Hi Robert and All:
> Yes, I agree, please do Not send "dashes" between anything, 599 05 is
> quite enough.
> Robert, again congratulations on your New Callsign - TF3TTY looks darn
> good, Happy New Year, you will be there (in 2006) earlier than us in US,
> hi hi.
> And, my SpiderBeam is already watching on you, Robert!
> Happy New Year to Everybody!
> 73's Andrei EW1AR-NC2N
>
> robert <tf3rb@internet.is> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I hope that everyone send a DE before there callsign and a 599 before the
> exchange.
> All the programs I have seen needs those two worde so they know that a
> callsign is comming and a exchange.
> If this is not in there then I have to pt the callsign in the program and
> the exchange. It gave me a lot of trouble in pileups so I just ignore
> those
> who don't send it. at it's best it gives me a breake to get me a cup of
> coffie and waitfor thse hams to move....
>
> guys please send DE before your callsign and 599 and the exchange. i.e.
> 599 14 14.. Don't send 599-14-14 thats just as bad as not sending 599..
> regards guy's
> see you tomorrow in sartg. Point your antennas to iceland.
>
> regards robert TF3TTY
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shelby Summerville"
> To: "RTTY Reflector"
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:58 PM
> Subject: [RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup
>
>
>> Dick Thompson wrote: "I would like to put forth a suggestion to those who
>> are entering the ARRL RTTY Contest, especially the newer people.
>>
>> The report that you send is a signal report & State or Province or
>> Country (S/P/C). Please don't send 599 Mich if you are in Michigan.
>> Send 599 MI. There is no need to spell out your state/province. Just
>> use the standard 2 letter abbreviation. I don't even know why a 599
>> needs to be sent. Everybody knows they will get a 599 even if they have
>> to repeat the exchange a dozen time. Hi Hi. It would be nice if the
>> managers of a contest would do away with signal reports completely,
>> since nobody ever gives anything other than 59(9). Hi Hi.
>>
>> Good luck in the contest, guys. Hope to see you there."
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> Dick, great suggestion, unfortunately you're "preaching to the choir"!
> Most,
>> if not all, subscribers to this reflector, are well acquainted with RTTY
>> contesting protocol? My suggestion, and I do this: keep a record, during
> the
>> contest, of those that you may deem "not doing it correctly"! Post
> contest,
>> send those stations, a private email, gently advising them of the
> "correct"
>> way? Most, if not all, that you send an email, will welcome the advice,
>> especially if it's written in a way, to encourage them, certainly not
>> discourage them?
>> I also keep a record of stations "never worked before on RTTY", and send
>> them a "welcome to RTTY contesting" email. Included in that email are the
>> URL's that will give them the necessary information, to continue to
>> participate in future RTTY contests.
>>
>> Happy New Year to y'all
>>
>> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
>>
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