no stones,
actually I think the rtty bunch by and large are the most considerate
contestants of all--the folks here make it my favorite mode.
in short I love rtty contesting because of the folk in it
/qrp or / any thing else hooked to a call is a very bad idea--I know
the qrp guys are proud of what they can do wid 5 wts or less, and they
should be,,, however , in a contest, with programs not set up to
ignore /qrp,ET AL ,,it is a very bad thing--/anything other than qth
in another area just balls every thing up/// save the /qrp thing to
"regular causal contacts and just sign your call as is period.
this is a hobby(so they say) and should be fun , contests or whatever..
for the ones willing to listen and learn, they will, for the others, it
is what it is.
my couple of cents worth,,, and yes there are still a lot (though
dimensioning) of us old fools)
lets have fun , shall we??
\73 john w8wej
On 9/30/2013 19:02, Stanley Zawrotny wrote:
Some recent posts have been disturbing. Someone was upset because a 2x3 call
was used to try to contact a DX station in a pileup during a contest. Well,
that happens to be the F1 default in MMTTY and commonly used by DXers in
pileups. Maybe this ham wasn't in the contest. Believe it or not, we do have to
share these bands with non-contesters.
Other posts complained about newbies that didn't use the proper format. If that
really does get your knickers in such a bind, how about making a macro that
says, PSE USE FORMAT 59 59 FL FL. We all would benefit from this moment of
advise. It's better to be an Elmer than a disgruntled old man.
I am also a member of another digital forum that recently had a long thread
about QRM. It's interesting that RTTY contesting was a part of that discussion.
We don't have a good reputation, guys. Courtesy is a part of the Amateur Radio
Creed and also the DX Code of Conduct.
I noticed that no one added TU to their QSOs. I guess a simple "thank you"
would take almost half a second too long.
OK, start throwing your stones now.
Stan, K4SBZ
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