I had to ask for many repeats when I saw the !) as an exchange, but not
enough to realize they were all from FL I guess. I am noton the
contesting computer at the moment but will check for USOS when I get
back to it. I was/am running N1MM with the MMTTY rtty engine.
Phil
N9LAH
John - AI4FR wrote:
> Hi gang,
> I have a question that I hope some one can help me with. During the TARA
> contest I noticed about one person in 25 or so was having a problem with my
> sent text. One fellow emailed me about it(listed below) but I have not heard
> back from him.
> The problem is the !) !) !) being received during RTTY instead of my
> state which is FL. Of course if you convert the !) to letters it is FL. The
> software I am using is MixW2 and I have macros for the contest exchange.
> There are no periods, commas or any thing else in the macro. But there is a
> greater then and less then signs as required by MixW2. The macro reads as
> follows <TX> <CALL> <RSTS> fl fl fl <MYCALL> <RXANDCLEAR> . I have also tried
> it with <TX> <CALL> <RSTS> <QTH> <QTH> <QTH> <MYCALL> <RXANDCLEAR> and it has
> made no difference.
>
> Is there a problem with the way I have it set up or is it just a simple case
> of the other station not having USOS checked on their end? I do have USOS
> checked on my end and was thinking about unselecting it to see if it helps.
> But I like using USOS as there is a lot more synchronizing going on even if
> it is a tiny fraction slower. As for asking for repeats myself, it is
> extremely rare that I ever have to do so.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any help that you can send my way.
>
> 73
> John / AI4FR
>
>
> The email is below...
>
> Hello John
> I dont know what was wrong when decoding your exchange...
> Both QSO, 40 and 20m I got !) as the exchange and this
> decoded by a PTC-II and MMTTY on a second screen.
>
> My reply....
>
> It is really great to hear from you again and thank you for the heads-up on
> the reception. I have done nothing different on this end and am using the
> same software mixw2 as I have been for a few years now. Of course that does
> not mean the problem is not on my end.
> I also noticed that about one person in 20 or 25 was having some trouble
> with my signal. If you were to decode the !) !) symbols and convert them to
> letters they equal FL FL which is the state that I live in.
> I am really glad that you sent me an email about this. Do you by chance
> have USOS checked in your software. USOS is "Unshift on Space". If not, this
> could be where the problem is at. Although I do not understand how it happens
> when I am using macros for the contest with no "periods", "commas" etc in
> them. This is the only thing that I can think of as a possible problem. Do
> you have any ideas of what the problem is incase you did have that setting
> checked in your software? I would really like to get this problem fixed. I
> never officially enter the contests by turning in a log, I do enjoy giving
> out a few points to the folks that do and having a problem like this is
> certainly not helping me any.
>
> Thanks again
> John
>
>
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