W0YR@aol.com wrote:
>
> Jerry,
>
> You describe things correctly! It is difficult to understand why some
> people are so reticent to send something repeately when they are asked to do
> so.
> Perhaps it's some kind of modesty or a fear of wanting to seem overzealous.
> Also, stations are so often reticent to GO BACK and MAKE SURE they have
> copied things correctly. Neither operator should forget that errors will be
> penalized. On several occasions, stations about which I had real questions
> as to
> call or report never made it into my log. In this way I had a cleaner log
> without errors. The other guy lost out because he won't show up in my log
> and will
> be penalized for it. Blazing ahead to protect "rate" at the expense of
> accuracy is a dumb way to conduct onesself in a contest.
>
> Through trial and error I have hit a few methods that really do help "get the
> number through." One of them seems crazy, but isn't:
>
> 1. Do NOT use dashes at all in the exchange. 599-023-023 is just asking
> for trouble because it does not allow the "system" to UNSHIFT.
>
> 2. Instead of using dashes...use TWO spaces between the report elements,
> like:
> 599 023 023
> I could go into a long explanation about unshifting on space, etc., but
> believe me, this helps much of the time.
>
> 3. For really rough cases I actually have a macro that purposely sends the
> serial number both SHIFTED and UNSHIFTED. When it gets tough, I would send:
>
> W6IHG 599 023 023 023 PQW PQW PQW
>
> That way the other op can (with most software), click on the PQW if he
> recognizes it, and it will be converted to 023
>
> I was very pleasantly surprised by the few stations I heard overdriving the
> first audio stages of their rigs with their sound cards. That fad seems to be
> pretty well under control.
>
> 73
>
> Mike
> W0YR
Mike you are so right!
When the S/N is high, the QRM low and more or less no QSB
(no QRM = you are on the wrong band :-), then I send:
<space>W0YR 599-123-123 W0YR<cr>
In all other cases I send no dashes, using spaces between the
numbers and send the number three (3) times. Also I have prepared
an extra buffer. If the S/N is low and/or the QRM strong and/or
we have strong QSB and I am asked for a repeat:
<cr><space>123 123 123 123 123<cr>
That works fine for me in 99.9% of all cases!
The "best" response I have ever received, was:
WHAT MEANS QWE QWE I NEED YOUR NUMBER .....
Hmmm .. ~:) ~:) ~:)
I have made one positive observation. More and more running
stations are responding to me with:
DK3VN <exchange> DK3VN
Often I can't read my "call" on the left. I am receiving:
DK+VN (... OK, but what is inbetween? :)
K3VN (... I am not Al, K3VN :)
VK3VN (... VK at this time of the day on this band??? :)
<grimbleprizz>VN (... ????)
So much from me, a little contesting guy with a tiny setup, made
732 Q's and and a score of >760.000 last weekend. ~:)
73 de Waldemar, DK3VN
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