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Re: [RTTY] Answering CQ's

To: Jeff Stai <jds@twistedoak.com>, pcooper@guernsey.net,"RTTY" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Answering CQ's
From: Mark Perrin <mperrin@ordata.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:12:15 -0700
List-post: <mailto:rtty@contesting.com>
Ditto for me.  And wonder how many caught the advanced contest "PhD 
suggestion" in Phil's posting?  It is the same one that Don AA5AU mentions 
one time [hint] on his contesting website.  I use it regularly to break 
pileups where the big guys call on top of one another!

73, Mark N7MQ

At 10:53 AM 10/2/2006 -0700, Jeff Stai wrote:

>Agree with everything Phil said... it's a real rate bummer to sit and 
>watch your call repeated three times and his call six times. (My fave this 
>contest was the guy who sent my call 3 times and his call once, then on 
>the exchange sent 599 three times, spelled ARIZONA twice, then sent his 
>call once!)
>
>I do appreciate getting my call sent to me when you are calling and there 
>is another station on my frequency - I get enough of those and I can 
>become aware of the situation... in those instances, however, please send 
>my call once and yours twice.
>
>In general, sending your call anything over 3 times is too much, really!
>
>tnx & 73 - jeff wk6i
>
>At 10:27 AM 10/2/2006, Phil Cooper wrote:
> >Hello Tom and the group............
> >
> >You wrote:
> >>>1.  Put the guys call in first, then our call twice?
> >>>2.  Don't put the other guys call in at all and just send our call?
> >
> >I think the simple answer is to use No2!
> >
> >There are a couple of instances where No1 should be used:
> >        1.....When there is more than one station on a frequency, and 
> you want to
> >make sure you get a response from the correct call.
> >        2.....Perhaps when you call (say) HC8N, but some other station 
> calls YOU.
>
>--
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>
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