[CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections
James Duffey
JamesDuffey at comcast.net
Mon Jan 7 12:35:53 EST 2008
> I listened to an OP browbeat another on the air because he said
> "Please copy"... then gave the exchange. The offended Op than told
> him that he was wasting time, and sounded like a" G-D idiot," then
> further admonished him to "Just give the stupid exchange dummy!"
I wonder if this was the same op who lectured me with similar
profanity in 1994 on using /5 in my exchange during the CW
Sweepstakes contest?
It was my first contest from this new QTH, and having been first
licensed in the 60s, when the FCC cared about these things, I used
KK6MC/5 both when calling and in the exchange. I was on 20M CW Sunday
afternoon. I sent my exchange, and was shocked when the other op
replied by going on a rant, complete with profanity, on how I was
wasting his time and mine by signing the /5. In those days I copied
on CW on paper and it was shocking to see me swearing at myself as I
wrote down what he was sending.
I haven't signed /5 in a contest since then. I have marveled at how
upset the other op was, as he wasted more time upbraiding me in CW
than my /5 could have possibly cost him. I recognized the call as one
of the big guns in contesting then, but I have forgotten the call
now. - Duffey
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James Duffey KK6MC/5
Cedar Crest NM 87008
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