[Mldxcc] OK - what is a QTC

[Emileigh Starbrook]

Thank you  Rick, that was a great explanation.  Eventually I programmed a
macro that was exactly "No QTC Sorry - 73 & GL and used it until that solar
flare seemed to wipe me out. A few hours later I couldn't hear anything
from EU, but I worked a bunch of Japanese stations for their contest as
propagation to Japan on 10M seemed to be better.

I'm really looking forward to SS this weekend.  Still debating about 40M -
but I am sure I will give it a try.

Cheers,

Emily


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I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
- Jonathan Winters

On Sun, Nov 9, 2014 at 4:48 PM, W6RKC <w6rkc at volcano.net> wrote:

>  Hello Emily,
>
> I'm greatly impressed with the enthusiasm you have shown jumping into the
> contest arena and supporting the MLDXCC effort in our focus contests!
>
> I'm starting my 52 year and am enjoying it as much as when I entered the
> Novice Roundup in 1963!
>
> The QTC is a quirk of the Worked All Europe contests. QTC's generally mean
> that you send data of previous WAE contest contacts back to the German
> stations who request it. I believe only the Germans receive the info for CW
> & SSB but anyone can receive them for RTTY. You can send up to 10 previous
> QSO's per QTC. So, if I am sending 10 QSO's back to a DL station and it is
> the seventh time I have done so, I would reply " Yes, 7/10 " again meaning
> this is the seventh time I am sending to a German station and there are 10
> QSO's information I will be transmitting so that they know what to expect.
>
> Since I casually operate WAE contest, when someone requests " QTC? ", I
> politely decline by sending " No, TU " and move on to other contacts. If
> you are a serious competitor, the QTC's can build up points, but I am but a
> part time operator in these ( and most ) contests. My advice when starting
> out, decline the request and move on to another QSO. QTC's will just add
> another level of complexity and as W6SX says, you should be having fun by "
> Contesting Exuberantly! ".
>
> Have fun!
>
> 73,
>
> Rick, W6RKC
>
>
> P.S. tnx for the QSO's in the VHF contests.
>
>
>
> On 11/8/2014 10:21 AM, Emileigh Starbrook wrote:
>
> Please remember that I'm kind of a newbie here, maybe even bordering into
> lid territory.
>
> OK, I know what a QTC is literally (Count of telegrams sent), and I read
> the rules about QTCs and what I gather is that it is a list of callsigns
> with time stamps of previous contacts.
>
> If I get one, what do I do with it.  If I want to send one,  how would I
> generate it?
>
> For lack of other software I'm using MixW though I'm sure there must be
> better.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Emily
>
>
>
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> I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
> - Jonathan Winters
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