Stan,
You must have been unlucky with the guys you worked. Every one of my 1600+
contacts got a 'TU' and I saw lots send the same to me. There are still a
lot of courteous RTTY ops out there!
Cheers, John GW4SKA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Zawrotny" <k4sbz.stan@gmail.com>
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 8:02 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Courtesy
Some recent posts have been disturbing. Someone was upset because a 2x3
call was used to try to contact a DX station in a pileup during a contest.
Well, that happens to be the F1 default in MMTTY and commonly used by
DXers in pileups. Maybe this ham wasn't in the contest. Believe it or not,
we do have to share these bands with non-contesters.
Other posts complained about newbies that didn't use the proper format. If
that really does get your knickers in such a bind, how about making a
macro that says, PSE USE FORMAT 59 59 FL FL. We all would benefit from
this moment of advise. It's better to be an Elmer than a disgruntled old
man.
I am also a member of another digital forum that recently had a long
thread about QRM. It's interesting that RTTY contesting was a part of that
discussion. We don't have a good reputation, guys. Courtesy is a part of
the Amateur Radio Creed and also the DX Code of Conduct.
I noticed that no one added TU to their QSOs. I guess a simple "thank you"
would take almost half a second too long.
OK, start throwing your stones now.
Stan, K4SBZ
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