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1. [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll.dave@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:18:50 -0700; Several times during the WPX RTTY contest, I was called on my CQ frequency by stations who thought I was someone else, someone I had worked in the previous few minutes. Apparently a RTTY Skimmer had; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00083.html (8,459 bytes)
2. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: " pcooper" <pcooper@guernsey.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:34:27 -0800; To Dave K6LL and the group, Dave, I don't think the way you have your macro set is the reason the skimmers are seeing callers to YOU as spots. As far as I can see, skimmers appear to be spotting pret; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00084.html (8,118 bytes)
3. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: David Levine <david@levinecentral.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:34:55 -0500; My own personal preference is to know who's calling CQ and when I'm S&P, printing K7ZX KZ7X vs K7ZX KZ7X CQ means I can immediately send my call vs wait either for the CQ station to call CQ again or; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00085.html (9,615 bytes)
4. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Larry" <lknain@nc.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:36:59 -0500; OTOH, I used WPX W6NWS and only got spotted if someone manually spotted it. I changed to WPX W6NWS CQ and began to show up by the skimmers. I would never use CQ as part of calling someone when I am d; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00086.html (9,731 bytes)
5. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll.dave@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:53:13 -0700; But CW contest have been going on for 87 years, and nobody puts CQ at the end. There is no confusion. With RTTY skimmers now in the mainstream, and most RTTY contests allowing Telnet assistance, mos; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00088.html (8,026 bytes)
6. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:01:20 -0600; I agree with Phil. I don't think having CQ at the end of your call is causing skimmers to think others are actually on your frequency. I think having CQ at the end of your CQ message facilitates you; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00089.html (10,262 bytes)
7. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:02:53 -0600; Dave wrote: " But CW contest have been going on for 87 years, and nobody puts CQ at the end. There is no confusion." Many contesters send "TEST" at the end of their CQ message - same thing. There may; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00090.html (10,215 bytes)
8. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Jeff AC0C" <keepwalking188@ac0c.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 12:03:20 -0600; If you hear a call absent the trailing cq, then you cannot be sure the call sign is from the guy doing the CQ. If you are running S&P on two rigs at once, the time savings is huge. And I don't think; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00091.html (10,794 bytes)
9. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: Wes Cosand <wz7i@arrl.net>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:09:32 -0500; Larry, your first macro should have been detected by my skimmer. If it wasn't, I have something messed up. Whether this macro would have been detected depends on the script written for each contest i; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00092.html (9,367 bytes)
10. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll.dave@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:27:04 -0700; I am not trying to be polemical but we really need folk to insert a CR/LF before all transmission macros and a space after it. It would help if a CR/LF was also inserted at the end of the macro (and; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00093.html (9,356 bytes)
11. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:38:06 -0800; Hi Larry What happens when you call CQ like that and someone tunes onto you, all they see is W6NWS. . Then they have to wait to see if you are calling CQ or calling someone else. A CQ on the end mean; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00095.html (8,856 bytes)
12. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: Michael Adams <mda@n1en.org>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:38:52 +0000; Skimmer data makes click-and-pounce a viable strategy for having fun. So, let's say that you're running, and I'm clicking. The next spot on my click-list is W6LL. I click, and immediately see printed; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00096.html (10,627 bytes)
13. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: David Levine <david@levinecentral.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:40:01 -0500; I operated this past weekend using VE7CC cluster and not a skimmer to feed spots. I was set to spot any station I worked that wasn't already spotted, I spotted a huge number of stations which means t; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00098.html (10,695 bytes)
14. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:43:44 -0800; I have also printed stations who send 'cq cq w1xyz w1xyz', or 'na na w1xyz'. Instead of sending CQ or NA twice at the start, why not send it once at the start and once at the end. 73 Tom W7WHY So, le; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00099.html (9,753 bytes)
15. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Lee Sawkins" <ve7cc@shaw.ca>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 10:58:30 -0800; David If you are using my cluster and want skimmer spots just enter SET/SKIMMER and you will get them. You also should reject at least CW and PSK skimmer spots during RTTY contests by using the KEYWO; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00100.html (10,859 bytes)
16. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: Jeff Stai <wk6i.jeff@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:15:41 -0800; I am now reading this for the first time. I noticed this in the section on RttySkimServ.ini - "The CqOnly setting determines whether RTTY Skimmer Server will spot all RTTY stations it decodes, or onl; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00101.html (9,685 bytes)
17. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: David Levine <david@levinecentral.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:16:40 -0500; Thanks Lee for your comment as well as your cluster and the software I run locally. I have used skimmer to feed my local cluster client before but I didn't use it this past weekend. It has it's advan; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00102.html (12,511 bytes)
18. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "Larry" <lknain@nc.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:49:18 -0500; As with most things in ham radio there are people who hate things like skimmer spots and others that love them (I like them). I think most clusters offer a means to enable or disable skimmer spots. 7; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00103.html (11,671 bytes)
19. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "David G3YYD" <g3yyd@btinternet.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:13:25 -0500; In the recent CQWPXRTTY no skimmer spotted me... I suspect it is because my contest callsign is so short. My CQ call was: CQ M7T M7T CQ M7T I find that there are still a lot of people around who do n; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00104.html (9,239 bytes)
20. Re: [RTTY] WHY put CQ at the end? (score: 1): Author: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 14:15:24 -0600; So I am tuning the band and I hear CQ, now I have to wait for another CQ cycle to hear the guys callsign. I see no advantage to using a different format than other modes but I do end my RTTY transmis; /archives//html/RTTY/2015-02/msg00105.html (10,161 bytes)

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