----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelby Summerville" <k4ww@arrl.net>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAEDC RTTY Certificate Received
> "Jürgen Krumm" <DJ5JK@gmx.de> wrote: "In many years
> (since 1969) I never found a way to get rid of all my QTCs.
> And I really know how to handle QTCs fast, always
> trying hard to motivate my QSO partners."
>
> Hello Jurgen. This past year, 2002, was my first "more than casual" entry
in
> WAE, simply because I wasn't comfortable, and didn't want to interrupt
> others scoring, with handling QTC's! I've only been doing RTTY for 5
years,
> and am quite unreceptive to change or any variance from my own personal
> "comfort level"! I managed 686 Q's and 563 QTC's, mostly because other
> stations were willing to "work with me"! I also entered M/O, trying to get
> my son, now 30 and licensed for 20 years, re-interested in amateur radio,
> especially RTTY! I suspect that there are many like me, uncomfortable with
> the format, but with more experience, will gain the comfort necessary to
> send and receive QTC's? I will enter this year's WAE with a different
> mind-set, and hopefully will be able to increase, not only, my Q count,
but
> also QTC's! It's things like the passing of QTC's that give WAE a distinct
> and interesting format, which I suspect is the main reason for its
> popularity?
> C'Ya, Shelby
>
>
>
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