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Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ

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Subject: Re: [RTTY] CQ or QRZ
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
Reply-to: dezrat1242@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 09:08:44 -0800
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ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:56:23 -0500 (EST), Ktfrog007@aol.com wrote:

>Even so, I may change my running QRZ to CQ to save a  
>character.

REPLY:

If you call CQ 2000 times in a contest, saving one character gives you
an extra 5.6 minutes. How many more stations can you work in 5.6
minutes? 

The very first RTTY contest I ever entered I won CQ Zone 3. The second
place station was behind me by one mult or four Qs. A lesson I never
forgot. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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