If I am not mistaken, noone is looking for United States zones (as far as
tough copy). Copy the state and you are all set. Makes no difference the
order or the 589 599 519 sent. Just my take on it and how I handled things
this past weekend. May not be right but........
We still need to make sure the zone is correct for both stateside and DX
but that should not be too difficult. Very easy with the mouse!
Randy N1KWF
On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 12:33 PM, John Merrill <jlmerrill@outlook.com>
wrote:
> How about someone dare to send 589 and see who is awake or lets delete RST
> altogether ☺?
>
>
>
> On 9/30/16, 9:20 AM, "RTTY on behalf of Jeff Stai" <
> rtty-bounces@contesting.com on behalf of wk6i.jeff@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 6:31 AM, Ed Muns <ed@w0yk.com> wrote:
>
> > I also think it is confusing to send
> > the QTH before the zone because DX stations have the zone following
> the
> > RST,
> > so it is more consistent for all exchanges to have that pattern and
> only
> > the
> > US/VE exchanges adding QTH on the end.
> >
>
> I don't think it's that confusing. You have a W/VE call so you expect
> additional data that you may actually have to copy (as opposed to JA =
> 25
> and so on).
>
> I find it fascinating that in most contests that the sponsors set up
> the
> convention that the Most Interesting Piece of Data is always situated
> at
> the end of the exchange. Thus leaving you breathlessly watching
> characters
> print across the screen in anticipation of the desired tidbit.
>
> Far better to serve the receiving station by providing that MIPD first,
> giving them more time to decide all is good. In fact, the receiver
> should
> probably want this order:
>
> W0YK NV 03 599
>
> NV is the most useful piece, because it also implies zone 03 - 03 is
> now
> mostly a check on NV - and 599 is the least useful and gives the
> receiver a
> little extra time to look at their other RX windows and decide to ask
> for a
> fill if they didn't see 03 print after the NV.
>
> However zone 03 does not imply NV, at most it just narrows down the
> possibilities, therefore NV is more useful. And don't get me started on
> 599. ;)
>
> 73 jeff wk6i
>
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