Heck, I can go you one better.
PURPOSELY, set up a F3 message for my daughter while she was operating that was
'TU 88 de Jenny NR4M'. She is a licensed ham in her own right, but we just
wanted to have a bit of fun. (Of course, it was not when the band was hopping.)
Remember 'fun'?
73 de Steve, NR4M
On Sep 30, 2013, at 17:51, "W4GKM" <w4gkm@citlink.net> wrote:
> I added 2117 "TU" to all my contacts.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Stanley Zawrotny
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:02 PM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] Courtesy
>
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPad
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