All I can say here is AMEN BROTHER! I had this happen to me so many times
during this contest that I just got frustrated with the person and moved on.
I was just working to give other people QSO's and infamous Oklahoma LOTW log
before I head out of the state for good so I wasn't in much of a hurry but
there was at least three ops that come to mind where I tried jumping in for
2 mins or more before I finally gave up, had one op that never answered a
response from me or about 3-4 other people (going back to the SO2R category)
and then had one that not a second after they un-keyed was sending 'agn agn
agn' and wouldn't slow down enough for me to actually send it - every time I
went to key I seen them on the waterfall I just moved on to the next one --
so if you have N4JIK in your log and didn't get the information sorry but
gotta slow down a bit)
Just my 2 cents worth IMHO
Jeremy
N4JIK formerly KD4LCR/7J6CEM
Fort Sill, OK
Triple Play Award #327
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but
because he loves what is behind him." G. K. Chesterton
-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Bill Gillenwater
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 14:18
To: pcooper@guernsey.net; RTTY
Subject: Re: [RTTY] SO2R in WPX RTTY
I thing I notice, more and more, is ops that are too impatient. CQ CQ and
listen for 2 seconds, or when you don't come back in a nano second they go
into panic mode. Maybe slowing down is not a bad thing.
73 Bill K3SV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper@guernsey.net>
To: "RTTY" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 2:41 PM
Subject: [RTTY] SO2R in WPX RTTY
> Hi all,
>
> Just an observation, rather than any sort of criticism, but I note that
> quite a few SO2R op's were VERY slow in responding to calls and exchanges
> during this WPX. And by slow, I mean in the order of 10 seconds or more!
>
> Whilst I am not necessarily in favour of SO2R (as part of the single op
> class), I understand why you want to do it, and good luck to you.
> BUT, I really think you should be a little quicker on the replies, and
> maybe
> consider those of us on the other end.
>
> Having said that, there were a few SO2R ops that were amazing, and
> responded
> very quickly, so it can be done.
>
> Obviously, if it is your run frequency, you have the control, but I don't
> particularly like waiting too long for that TU QRZ while you work a mult
> on
> another frequency.
> When I was CQ'ing, I had some callers that were obviously busy elsewhere,
> and it really did screw up MY run on occasions when I replied to you, but
> you were busy on your run frequency. One several occasions, I sent again,
> only to hear the end of your message to me. That meant other callers tried
> to get in, figuring I wasn't going to work you, so they called over you.
>
> Did anyone else notice the delay in responses?
>
> As I said, these thoughts are just an observation, and not a criticism!
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
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