If it is relatively certain that most "casual" operators don't read this
list, why not make a list of the "offenders", then post contest, search for
an email address, and contact them directly? If they don't read this list,
chances are they don't know about 3830, either?
On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 8:51 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> I swear, Randy was reading my mind. It's almost exactly what I wrote in my
> 3830 report last night.
>
> Is there a software package out there that this is the default S&P macro
> for
> RTTY?
>
> Pretty sure it's not N1MM+ that has this as a default.
>
>
>
> 95% of very casual ops won't/don't read this list, so it's up to us to put
> those comments in our 3830 reports, here (yes, most won't read it) , our
> local clubs, DX clubs, contest clubs etc and inform those just starting out
> in contests. WE need to reach out to those writing software, who are
> amazing
> coders, but maybe not contesters, to "fix" this. Grumbling here is great,
> but we need to go beyond that. I operate almost no RTTY (but was on during
> 'WPX this past weekend), so it's not going to be me
>
> to reach out to the programmers, etc. but I have mentioned this to our
> local
> contest club which has a few newbies.
>
>
>
> Remember, if it weren't for the casual ops, newbie and wander-by's, we'd
> have very few others to work !
>
>
>
> Randy/K5ZD wrote this: "I want to know why RTTY ops always send my call
> when
> they are calling me. So
>
> many times I would hear my call print in the clear and then there was QRM
> from
>
> other callers when they were sending their call.
>
> ."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one.
>
> -Mike VE9AA
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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