[CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections

[Bill Brooks]

Tom,

I love it..."don't pee before your water comes". With your permission I can
think of a lot of uses for that statement.

Sometimes the SO2R guys (me included) drag but I don't imagine it
ever taking 15 or 20 seconds.

Like someone said, it may have been non-contesters. I noticed I had to
send the exchange a second time a lot. Again I think it was folks who didn't
quite know what to expect. Glad they were there though.

Bill

On Jan 7, 2008 1:34 PM, Tom Rauch <w8ji at contesting.com> wrote:

> > What's with all the CR/LF stuff? I need to see your
> > section before you scroll it off my screen.
> > What's with the LDC's (long delayed responses)? Some guys
> > wait 15 or 20 seconds before answering your CQ. Why?
>
> I think what computer programmers need to do is have a
> "signal lost" indicator on the screen. RTTY is not like
> normal modes (sorry, the Devil made me say that) in that the
> operator often cannot hear the signal drop. The receiving op
> watches the screen and then has to figure out what is
> garbage from noise and what is something being sent.
>
> He also might be typing.
>
> My daddy always used to say "don't pee before your water
> comes boy".  I think that applies to repeat transmissions
> and not waiting long enough for replies. That's true on CW,
> but especially true on a mode that you can't easily hear or
> see the transmitting signal drop.
>
>
>
>
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