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Re: [RTTY] RTTY Contest Operating

To: ed@w0yk.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Contest Operating
From: Ron W7FIA <fia@clouddancer.com>
Reply-to: fia@clouddancer.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 00:36:59 -0800 (PST)
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> From: "Ed Muns" <ed@w0yk.com>
> Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:57:15 -0800
> 
> The CQ is truncated (usually with the ESC key) and then the response is sent
> on the other radio.  And, a proper lockout (Last One Wins) provides a
> failsafe.

When I first read this I was puzzled, Last One?

So apparently the thinking is that the operator is aware that one
radio is xmitting and some reason has appeared that requires another
radio to xmit, therefore you stop (via lockout) the prior xmit to
begin a new one.


> Ed W0YK
> ____________________________________________________________________
> 
> On 2/18/2016 8:49 AM, Ken K6MR wrote:
> > I'm still a newbie at SO2R, but this begs a question: Why would you ever
> wait for a cq to finish before responding to an actual Q on the other radio?
> I'm constantly cutting the CQs short to respond on the other radio, whether
> it's S&P or a dueling CQ condition.


it's a long way to the top
r
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