Why is RTTY different than CW and SSB?
It is normal to send your call just once in response to a CQing station on CW
and SSB. Only if conditions warrant do you send it multiple times. Maybe
RTTYers can learn from CW/SSB experience.
In the CQ message (Fabi's point), on all modes it is a trade off between
exposure and dueling CQ timing. It can be argued that both are better with
Fabi's suggestion. However, I still choose 2 times in my CQ message, even for
dueling CQs.
73,
Ed W0YK
On Sep 27, 2015 10:19 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com> wrote:
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> On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:01:11 -0400, VA2UP wrote:
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> >Being this the CQWW weekend I thought it might just be a good opportunity
> >for some to try something out.
> >You can shorten the CQ macro by sending your call just once.
>
> REPLY:
>
> I really don't recommend sending your call only once. That's fine when
> your signal is strong at the other guy's end, but how do you know? It
> may be shorter for the CQ station but when signals are weak and/or
> covered by QRM it makes the other guy take more time to be sure he has
> it right. Given the nature of TTY over radio, I much prefer to see the
> other guy's call print the same at least twice. Then I'm sure.
>
> When I'm replying to a CQ I send my call three times. I get very few
> requests for a repeat. It bugs me when someone replies to my CQ and
> sends their call only once. Did it print right or not? Fortunately
> very few ops do that.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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