This happens when the decoder misses a shift to numbers character. If you
look at the number on the keyboard just above the letter you copy, that is
the number they sent. E.g., R=4, T=5, I=8, etc.
This caught me by surprise during my first RTTY contest also!
Randy, K5ZD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:writelog-
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of W2GR@aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:33 PM
> To: writelog@contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] WPX RTTY
>
> Just a quick and probably stupid question....
>
> This is my first time in the RTTY WPX and was wondering why some stations
> send a series of letters instead of a serial number?...WL will not accept
> the letters in the number field....I couldn't find anything on the CQ
> site.
> I logged the contacts with a 1 in the field and wrote down what they
> sent....for when I know what to put there!...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike W2GR
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