[CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections

[Dave Hachadorian]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Cassel" <ve3xd at rogers.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections


> "What's with the LDC's (long delayed responses)? Some guys 
> wait
> 15 or 20 seconds before answering your CQ. Why?"

It's the so2r guys (like me).

If an so2r station has just started a qso on his run 
frequency, it can definitely take 20 seconds to complete 
that qso. Meanwhile, if he has you dialed in on the s&p 
radio, and the last thing he sees on the S&P crt is your cq, 
he's going to give you a call in the hope that you are still 
there. I can remember this happening several times during 
the RU.

Here's a question for you, though. Why are you waiting 20 
seconds between cq's?

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ
























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