[RTTY] RE: Chen's view of the conditions!

[Andrew J. O'Brien]

So, what do we do when the other stations mis-copies our callsign?  Since I
operate low power I include my callsign a couple of time in the exchange..

de KB2EOQ 599 50 50 TU de KB2EOQ K

It seems a little excessive I know, but since I have a long callsign I am
more susceptible to errors.  On more than one occasion I had a station
answer me with my call wrong, trying to get them to notice they had it wrong
was very difficult.

Andy KB2EOQ


----- Original Message -----
From: "Raj VE6RAJ" <raj@logicresources.com>
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 17:58
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RE: Chen's view of the conditions!


> Hi Shelby:
>
> I agree that there is lots of good information there. However it seems
> to break down in the practical application. Can you imagine calling a
> station in the CQWW SSB test thus:
>
> "VE6RAJ VE6RAJ VE6RAJ K1XXX"
> or
> "599 04 599 04 VE6RAJ"
>
> Yet quite often in a rtty test I get VE6RAJ VE6RAJ VE6RAJ DE K1XXX
>
> I do know my own call sign. RTTY contetsing is no different than the
> other modes. Make sure the calling station gets your call sign, and work
> on the premise that the calling station knows his own call sign.
>
> Stations should also be aware of conditions, especially at the receiving
> end. Sometimes longer exchanges are more efficient. The first indicator
> is the calling stastion asking for repeats. If you hear a station in the
> auroral zone, his reception will be vastly different from an equatorial
> station. Higher static levels, deep fading and lots of flutter are what
> you will have to overcome. Sending useless information doesn't help:
>
> K1XXX AGN RPT REPORT PSE BK
> VE6RAJ VE6RAJ VE6498 LKSXJ@$\FGHAA HGFKSU/YW&OKXX
> K1XXX RPT AGN REPORT PSE BK
> VE6RAJ VE6RAJ VE6RAJ UR LSKJD*@K&KS OATQ JHS
>
> The guys age is 61 right, or do you just accept the most feasible piece
> of info and end the pain. Who knows what his age is. A three second
> buffer that goes 48 48 48 48 48 48 would be far more efficient.
>
> SINGH'S LAW: In any given exchange, static, flutter, QSB will only
> affect the most relevant piece of information.
>
> As I said, trhere is tons of good info at that URL, I would take out the
> bit about "Whatever works the best for you, is what you should do". For
> contesting the site should state: "Here's how to do it:"
>
> Anyway, speaking of working efficiently, I worked K6BIR late Friday
> night. I just kept hitting the wrong F-key. First I sent him TNX-QRZ,
> then I forget which key I hit. Finally got it right. Had to switch back
> to coffee.
>
> 73
> Raj VE6RAJ
>
>
> Shelby Summerville wrote:
> >
> > Raj, VE6RAJ wrote:  "Please make up a bufffer with your call sign in it
3 or
> > 4 times. If a station asks for a repeat then use the longer buffer, or
else
> > hit your regular buffer two ar three times"
> >
> > There are lots of "hints and tips" collected from RTTY operators world
wide
> > at:  http://www.rttyinfo.net/rtty_tutorial.htm. I asked for, and
received,
> > those "hints and tips" and, IMHO they offer valuable advise. My callsign
> > appears as the "author", but "trust me" the information came from many
> > sources!
> > C'Ya, Shelby
>
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