[CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections

Mon Jan 7 14:58:40 EST 2008

<html>This is a different situation. The signal isn't lost, resulting in&nbsp;random garbage scrolling&nbsp;the screen.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The guy can be plenty loud and there's a Mark&nbsp;or a Space there the whole time.&nbsp;&nbsp;He CHOOSES to include numerous CR/LF in his transmission and forces things off the screen.&nbsp; I can see having one at the beginning of your exchange to help the receiving operator distinguish your data from the noise, but a whole slew of these things in the middle of your transmission makes no sense at all.
I always listen to the audio stream as well.&nbsp; To me, RTTY signals that are going to print correctly sound a lot different than RTTY signals that won't print or print incorrectly.&nbsp; Numerous times last weekend the screen would display two or three different versions of the other guys call....but only one of them "sounded" right.&nbsp; More often than not it was the correct call.
73 Steve K0SR&nbsp;
 &gt;-----Original Message----- &gt;From: Tom Rauch [mailto:w8ji at contesting.com] &gt;Sent: Monday, January 7, 2008 01:34 PM &gt;To: steve.root at culligan4water.com, K5NZ at aol.com, cq-contest at contesting.com &gt;Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections &gt; &gt;&gt; What's with all the CR/LF stuff? I need to see your &gt;&gt; section before you scroll it off my screen. &gt;&gt; What's with the LDC's (long delayed responses)? Some guys &gt;&gt; wait 15 or 20 seconds before answering your CQ. Why? &gt; &gt;I think what computer programmers need to do is have a &gt;"signal lost" indicator on the screen. RTTY is not like &gt;normal modes (sorry, the Devil made me say that) in that the &gt;operator often cannot hear the signal drop. The receiving op &gt;watches the screen and then has to figure out what is &gt;garbage from noise and what is something being sent. &gt; &gt;He also might be typing. &gt; &gt;My daddy always used to say "don't pee before your water &gt;comes boy". I think that applies to repeat transmissions &gt;and not waiting long enough for replies. That's true on CW, &gt;but especially true on a mode that you can't easily hear or &gt;see the transmitting signal drop. &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt; &gt;</html>