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Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs

To: "'Peter Pauly'" <ppauly@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs
From: "GL-DJ3IW-Web" <GL-DJ3IW@web.de>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:35:58 -0000
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Peter,

what's your call?

QTC exchange in WAE RTTY is only possible between stations on different
continents.
So in case you are in the USA you cannot exchange QTCs with other stations
in North America.
Put a call from another continent into the entry window - then CTRL-Z should
work.

 73 de Goetz DJ3IW

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] Im Auftrag von Peter Pauly
> Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Oktober 2016 10:29
> An: Jamie WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net>
> Cc: Thom <ki8w@ki8w.com>; rtty@contesting.com
> Betreff: Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs
> 
> I added 10 dummy QSO's and I still can't do a CTRL-Z.  I'm on the latest
> version of N1MM+
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 5:15 AM, Jamie WW3S <ww3s@zoominternet.net> wrote:
> 
> > Seriously ?!?!?! To each his own I guess......
> >
> > On Oct 27, 2016 11:48 PM, Thom <ki8w@ki8w.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Don,
> > >
> > > So I take it your not a Writelog user?
> > >
> > > To me N1MM looks too "cartoonish" for my tastes.
> > >
> > > 73
> > >
> > > Thom KI8W
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/28/2016 03:45, Don AA5AU wrote:
> > > > Larry's tutorial is excellent and how I learned to exchange QTCs
> with
> > N1MM+.
> > > > For WriteLog users, there's a tutorial on how to operate WAE with
> > WriteLog here:
> > > > http://www.rttycontesting.com/tutorials/writelog2/wae-rtty/
> > > >
> > > > 73, Don AA5AU
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >        From: Larry Gauthier (K8UT) <K8UT@charter.net>
> > > >   To: rtty@contesting.com; Thom <ki8w@ki8w.com>
> > > >   Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 9:51 AM
> > > >   Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs
> > > >
> > > > Thom,
> > > >
> > > > Sending/Receiving QTCs can be a complicated for new RTTY contesters.
> If
> > > > you're using N1MM Logger, you can find an instructional video for
> RTTY
> > QTCs
> > > > here:
> > > >
> > > > http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Instructional+Videos
> > > >
> > > > -larry (K8UT)
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Thom
> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:55 AM
> > > > To: rtty@contesting.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs
> > > >
> > > > Well the WAE Contest is still a couple week away so I am leaving the
> > > > door open for a possible participation.
> > > >
> > > > 73
> > > >
> > > > Thom KI8W
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/27/2016 12:52, Dave Barr wrote:
> > > >> I have been doing QTCs in the WAE for several years because it is
> fun
> > and
> > > >> it raises my score to one I'd never be able to achieve running QRP,
> > as I
> > > >> usually do.  I _always_ ask to receive QTCs, never to send, since
> my
> > QRP
> > > >> signal is usually too weak for reliable and reasonably quick
> > transmission
> > > >> of QTCs to another station.  I noticed in my log report for 2015
> that
> > I
> > > >> had about a 7% error rate in receiving QTCs (which of course has
> > nothing
> > > >> to do with my running 5 watts).  Is this an unusually high error
> > rate, or
> > > >> is it simply that there is so much chance for undetectable errors
> in
> > the
> > > >> time (as long as its within sequence), call suffix and serial
> numbers
> > > >> sent?
> > > >>
> > > >> Dave, K2YG
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>> Thom
> > > >>> I hear you.
> > > >>> May be blasphemous to say it, but you can participate without the
> QTC
> > > >>> thing.
> > > >>> Your score will be relatively low but still fun.
> > > >>> I started doing the QTC thing last year at the urging of K2YG and
> > once
> > > >>> you set up the macros I found that it is not that difficult and
> > makes it
> > > >>> interesting.
> > > >>> 73
> > > >>> Al
> > > >>> K2AL
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Sent from my iPad
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> On Oct 26, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Thom <ki8w@ki8w.com> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> I thought about running WAE RTTY but this QTC thing has me
> totally
> > > >>>> confused.  Right now, with my current state of mind, I do not
> need
> > more
> > > >>>> complication in my RTTY operations.  Maybe next year.  Good luck
> in
> > the
> > > >>>> contest,  all.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> 73
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Thom KI8W
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>
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