Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs

[Thom <ki8w@ki8w.com>]

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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