I stopped counting how many time I had to wait for a SO2R operatior to get
back to me because he was transmitting on another band. I beleive fabi's
suggestion is a way to shorten this wait time so the experience become
enjoable to all contester.
Thanks,
73, Martin VE2NMB
2015-09-28 10:08 GMT-04:00 Ed Muns <ed@w0yk.com>:
> Why is RTTY different than CW and SSB?
>
> It is normal to send your call just once in response to a CQing station on
> CW and SSB. Only if conditions warrant do you send it multiple times.
> Maybe RTTYers can learn from CW/SSB experience.
>
> In the CQ message (Fabi's point), on all modes it is a trade off between
> exposure and dueling CQ timing. It can be argued that both are better with
> Fabi's suggestion. However, I still choose 2 times in my CQ message, even
> for dueling CQs.
>
> 73,
> Ed W0YK
> On Sep 27, 2015 10:19 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com> wrote:
> >
> > ------------ ORIGINAL MESSAGE ------------(may be snipped)
> >
> > On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:01:11 -0400, VA2UP wrote:
> >
> > >Being this the CQWW weekend I thought it might just be a good
> opportunity for some to try something out.
> > >You can shorten the CQ macro by sending your call just once.
> >
> > REPLY:
> >
> > I really don't recommend sending your call only once. That's fine when
> > your signal is strong at the other guy's end, but how do you know? It
> > may be shorter for the CQ station but when signals are weak and/or
> > covered by QRM it makes the other guy take more time to be sure he has
> > it right. Given the nature of TTY over radio, I much prefer to see the
> > other guy's call print the same at least twice. Then I'm sure.
> >
> > When I'm replying to a CQ I send my call three times. I get very few
> > requests for a repeat. It bugs me when someone replies to my CQ and
> > sends their call only once. Did it print right or not? Fortunately
> > very few ops do that.
> >
> > 73, Bill W6WRT
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