Thanks for clarifying!
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On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 9:09 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> Mike/va3mw, it’s not the EXCHANGE Randy and I are commenting on……it’s when
> the runner is CQing and being called.
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> me: WPX VE9AA VE9AA CQ
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> you: VE9AA de VA3MW VA3MW
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> Why would anyone do that? Send your call once, twice, three times. I KNOW
> my call.
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> This behaviour is not present on CW or SSB.
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> THAT is what we’re talking about….the initial call of a S&P to a Runner.
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> Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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> *From:* Michael Walker [mailto:va3mw@portcredit.net]
> *Sent:* February 15, 2021 10:04 AM
> *To:* Mike Smith VE9AA
> *Cc:* CQ Contest
> *Subject:* Re: [CQ-Contest] PSE COPY
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> This is the default N1MM exchange in S&P
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> F2 Exch,{TX}{ENTER}! {EXCH} {EXCH} {MYCALL} {RX}
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> And, I think it is correct. I might have copied your call only once and
> I am not going to wait around in S&P mode for a few of your cycles of you
> are run especially since many only send QRZ and not their call. It isn't
> as bad as it used to be, but 1 in 10 stations do not send their call with
> their QRZ message evertime. There is only a finite number of contacts that
> can be made. :) 6 more seconds won't make any difference, except for Mike
> ve9aa who is reading his email at the same time. (his words, not mine).
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> It makes sense from both sides.
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> Mike va3mw
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> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 8:51 AM Mike Smith VE9AA <ve9aa@nbnet.nb.ca>
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> I swear, Randy was reading my mind. It's almost exactly what I wrote in my
> 3830 report last night.
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> Is there a software package out there that this is the default S&P macro
> for
> RTTY?
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> Pretty sure it's not N1MM+ that has this as a default.
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> 95% of very casual ops won't/don't read this list, so it's up to us to put
> those comments in our 3830 reports, here (yes, most won't read it) , our
> local clubs, DX clubs, contest clubs etc and inform those just starting out
> in contests. WE need to reach out to those writing software, who are
> amazing
> coders, but maybe not contesters, to "fix" this. Grumbling here is great,
> but we need to go beyond that. I operate almost no RTTY (but was on during
> 'WPX this past weekend), so it's not going to be me
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> to reach out to the programmers, etc. but I have mentioned this to our
> local
> contest club which has a few newbies.
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> Remember, if it weren't for the casual ops, newbie and wander-by's, we'd
> have very few others to work !
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> Randy/K5ZD wrote this: "I want to know why RTTY ops always send my call
> when
> they are calling me. So
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> many times I would hear my call print in the clear and then there was QRM
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> other callers when they were sending their call.
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> CU (all of a sudden!) in the next one.
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> -Mike VE9AA
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> Mike, Coreen & Corey
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> Keswick Ridge, NB
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