[CQ-Contest] "QTC?"

[Richard F DiDonna NN3W]

I simply say LTR and have it programmed in as my F6 function in CT.  Works 
great.

I got asked QTC? -dozens- of times.  Ignored it and moved on to the next 
station.  And when I actually had a lot of QTCs to expend, hearing QTC? was 
great news and was responded to with RRRR.  At one point, I had close to 500 
QTCs to work down.

73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: <CQ-Contest at Contesting.COM>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 6:02 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] "QTC?"


> Further to the discussion about when and to whom QTCs should be 
> offered....
> Yesterday afternoon, I was having some very fast and enjoyable runs in
> WAE.  I mean last-10 rates of more than 200 QSO's per hour, almost too
> many stations calling to manage.  Then, out of the blue, a big gun
> arrives on frequency.  "QTC?", he shouts.
>
> This, to me, is one of the biggest reasons for non-Europeans to be
> unhappy about WAE.  If I'm running fast, the last thing I want to do is
> break off to send "QRU", much less stop entirely and do a QTC exchange
> while my pileup goes elsewhere.  Running fast is what I enjoy most, and
> if I'm not trying to win the contest, then I'm in it for fun.  "QTC?" is
> a fun-buster, whether tossed into the pileup out of the blue or
> delivered at the end of a run QSO.
>
> So, let me suggest a simple guideline - be extremely selective in asking
> a *running* non-European if he wants to do a QTC.  Unless he's really
> struggling (pretty unlikely on Saturday anyway), it will not be welcome,
> and almost certainly with get a grumpy "NO." Wait till Sunday, or wait
> for him to call you when you're running.
>
> -- 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
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