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Re: [RTTY] Dropped last character in transmission during RTTY Roundup

To: "rtty@contesting.com" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dropped last character in transmission during RTTY Roundup
From: Don AA5AU <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
Reply-to: Don AA5AU <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:54:30 -0800 (PST)
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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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