I'm probably preaching to the choir, but here goes anyway. You know, in the cosmic scheme of wasting time, repeating serial number one, two, three, or more times is probably down in the noise. Here a
Hank: The only time it is OK to send 599 more than once is when serial number is 599, then 599 599 599 is OK, but maybe 599 SN 599 599 is better? --Mike, WV2ZOW ______________________________________
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Yes, please everyone send your call twice. That way, when you are all QRMing each other, I send mine three times. Guess which call prints? 73, Bill W6WRT
Heh, the weiner who tacks his call on after your third one sends! I almost fell out of my chair laughing this past contest. While running, two guys went almost 30 seconds trying to one-up each other.
Ill bet I work at least 10% of my S&P Qs by sending my call once. Especially on big pileups. Everyone jostles for some time, then suddenly..silence. Drop my call in once and the guy comes back. Never
Author: "Kermit \(aka Ken\) via RTTY" <rtty@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 19:08:17 -0500
Maybe this is the moment for : 5NN 599 599 73, Ken, AB1J Hank: The only time it is OK to send 599 more than once is when serialnumber is 599, then 599 599 599 is OK, but maybe 599 SN 599 599 isbetter
After QSO 598, I enter it again as a dupe, nr 599. Then the next station gets nr 600 from me. 73, Mark, K5AM _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http
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Duh! I never thought of that. Do I have to pay royalties on this, Mark? 73, Mark, K5AM _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.co
I didn't sign his contract, so to me its just another number. --Mike, WV2ZOW _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/
Thank you Hank (W6SX) for the advice. Constructive advice from seasoned contesters always welcome. I will check my macros. Am sure room for improvement. But I have a hard time deleting TU from my mac
I have no problem with someone replying to me sending my callsign. It confirms to me that theyve got it correct - Sometimes it does happen that theyve made a mistake. My short callsign is M7P and Ive
If anyone is interested, its here: http://qso365.co.uk/2012/11/data-contesting-the-anatomy-of-an-ideal-qso/ <http://qso365.co.uk/2012/11/data-contesting-the-anatomy-of-an-ideal-qso/> 73 Keith G6NHU _