Now that all countries are trying to get rid of the CW-requirement to get a
licence, maybe they could replace it by a RTTY-test ???? :-)
73
Jo ON5MF
>Message: 9
>From: "Barry " <w2up@mindspring.com>
>To: "Andrew J O'Brien" <obrienaj@netsync.net>, rtty@contesting.com
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
>Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 09:53:13 -0400
>Subject: Re: [RTTY] Copying RTTY in your head
>Reply-to: w2up@mindspring.com
>
>Yes, Andrew, you've been doing RTTY too long :.)
>Same for me - I can recognize (I don't know if COPY is the right
>term) my callsign, 599 and CQ without a problem. There have been
>times in RTTY pileups where the DX came back to someone, but it
>didn't print on the screen - I knew it was me by the sound of it!
>73,
>Barry W2UP
>
>On 21 Oct 2002 at 17:50, Andrew J O'Brien wrote:
>
>> Perhaps its a sign that I have been spending too much time operating
>> RTTY but... over the weekend I was casually in the JARTS contest. At
>> one period I had had the radio off for a few hours. I eventually
>> turned it on but left my software inactive while I sent some email .
>> After 10 minutes my mind became aware of a RTTY signal and I found
>> myself saying "that sounds like AA5AU". I loaded up the software and
>> sure enough, there was Don CQing away on 20 meters. I have NO idea
>> how my brain figured it was him. Interesting.
>>
> >Andy KB2EOQ
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