Efficiency is a good thing however rather than eliminate the TU, QSL or
other form of acknowledgment, I would eliminate sending the callsign of
the station that you are working. Sending P40X before TU W6SX serves no
purpose in this example. P40X knows that he is working you and is just
waiting for some indication that you copied his report before spinning the
VFO. The acknowledgement is the important part of that transmission and
should not be eliminated. BTW, I highly doubt that P40X would send your
callsign in his report but he would send his zone number after the signal
report.
John KK9A - W4AAA - P40A
To: john <w8wej@citynet.net>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] The RTTY efficiency myth and SUPERFILL
From: Hank Garretson <w6sx@arrl.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:38:52 -0700
Absolutely. Keep the TU.
Indeed, TU is equivalent to QSL.
CQ TEST W6SX W6SX CQ
P40X
P40X 599 03
W6SX 599
P40X TU W6SX CQ
My TU to P40X says Thank You AND QSL, the contact is complete.
Keep the TU.
Contest Exuberantly,
Hank, W6SX
On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:24 PM, john <w8wej@citynet.net> wrote:
> with great reluctance,,, I was going to eliminate the "TU" in the
> exchange---I have always felt, and still feel that the rtty bunch is the
> nicest group of competitors that I have ever encountered, and,,, always
> felt pleasure in expressing my thanks of a contest qso by a "TU"--
> I understand the need for speed and a "TU" multiplier by hundreds of
> times would eat up time for the big gun contester-- I get that,,,but
> still we, the rtty folks are a unique group--I feel notches above the
> average,,, I hate to see that being lost--as I write this,,, I want to go
> back to my roots--a "TU" is needed to remind the big guns,and everyone, if
> it were not for us little shots,,big gamers would have very few folk to
> work,..
> get over it--the "TU" is staying in to my macros--
> a matter of perspective. If we can not take time to appreciate and
> acknowledge the efforts of others, is a shame, for all of us,,,
> ,It is, or at least , should be a hobby,,,please lets keep it that
> way....see you this weekend with a "TU"
>
> 73 and "good luck in the contest"
> john
>
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