W7GG HAL RTTY CLAIMED + STORY

[Bill Turner]

On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 04:32:16 -0000, "Tyler G Stewart " <k3mm at erols.com> =
wrote:

>That's almost true...but it also assumes that I'm going to answer him or=
 even
>hear him over someone else who's doing it correctly.  By the time he =
stops
>transmitting I may have already turned it over to the other station I'm
>trying to work.
>Which means he may try and send the exchange again, right over top of =
the
>other
>guy. =20
>
>Face it.  It's just bad form and rude to boot...in addition to being an
>incomplete QSO
>if the guy never acknowledges my report, which I had at least a couple =
of
>guys do
>to me.  Those partial QSO's do not stay in my log.
>
>73, Tyler K3MM
>
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I agree absolutely - it is bad form and I don't want to encourage it.  =
But in
the last couple of contests, I have used it maybe three or four times and=
 it
WAS a time-saver because I avoided the extra F2 exchange.  Unfortunately,=
 as
you pointed out, the other guy thinks he's doing it right. =20

73, Bill W7TI
wrt at eskimo.com

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