I had only twelve dupes out of 2212 contacts. That amazes me. I work all
dupes because I take the approach I may have not have made it into the other
person's log the first time and want to make sure I get in there.
Don AA5AU
>________________________________
> From: WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net>
>To: rtty@contesting.com
>Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 12:19 PM
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dropped last character in transmission during RTTY Roundup
>
>one thing I saw a lot less of was ......................... before each
>transmission, still saw a few guys that want to send the exchange first,
>before their call, TU UR 5NN %NN TN DE K4ABC, but even that seemed
>less.....but aren't we really preaching to the choir? Most subscribers here
>follow the "accepted" protocol.....
>
>On 1/11/2012 11:26:19 AM, Don AA5AU (aa5au@bellsouth.net) wrote:
>> I
>> didn't notice this at all, but there could be at least one explanation for
>> some of this.
>>
>> SO2R operators will purposely cut off their transmission in order to
>> transmit on the other radio. I do this constantly. If you watch me CQ, you
>> might find me dropping my signal at any time during the message because I
>> don't
>> believe it making anyone wait on the other radio for my report. Well,
>> someone always has to wait a second or two if there are QSOs occurring on
>> both radios at the same time, but I try to keep the delay at a bare
>> minimum. RTTY SO2R is at an all-time high right now.
>>
>>
>> What I did see was people not putting a space at the end of your messages
>> so someone would send CQ and I
>> couldn't get their callsign:
>>
>> CQ RU W1XYZRUVMXOONFEONB
>>
>> So I didn't
>> know if it was W1XY or W1XYZ if they
>> weren't in the SCP file. Overall, I thought everyone was pretty good and
>> the quality of operators is at an all-time high. Probably saw a lot of other
>> stuff too but don't
>> remember them.
>>
>> 73, Don AA5AU
>>
>>
>> >________________________________
>> > From: David Levine <david@levinecentral.com>
>> >To: RTTY Reflector <rtty@contesting.com>
>> >Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:50 AM%0
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