A very very good thing indeed...
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Turner
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 7:17 PM
To: RTTY Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Decoder performance on crowded bands
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On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:06:25 -0700, you wrote:
Why do RTTY ops even put a "cq" at the end of their cq message?
CW ops never put a CQ at the end (except for a few newbie
converts from RTTY). 45 Baud RTTY is 60 wpm, a lot faster than
contest CW, so it's not like we had to wait so long for the call
sign that we forgot that it was a CQ.
Since RTTY Skimmers are increasingly powerful and popular, and
are getting confused by the cq at the end, maybe it's time to
just drop that final cq.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
REPLY:
It's not a case of "forgetting" that it was a CQ. It's a case of
tuning across a station and getting only "...W6WRT W6WRT"
The question is is W6WRT CQing or S&Ping? Can't tell, and so you have
to wait for another transmission.
On the other hand, If you hear "...W6WRT W6WRT CQ" there is no doubt
and you can answer immediately.
And of course, it's not just RTTY. CW contesters often add "TEST" at
the end of their CQ's for the same reason. Likewise, SSB'ers add
"CONTEST".
As Martha says "It's a good thing". :-)
73, Bill W6WRT
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