[RTTY] DE

[Roy Dancy]

The K simply indicates that you are finished and it is the other station
time to transmit.  In the heat of the battle ANY help is NICE.  Like the DE
before a call sign.  Also using your call to end a transmission helps the
S&P fellow to know if he wants to call you or not.  Proper operating
procedure is a good thing to do.

73 y'all N4AN  RoY   (RTTY since 1962)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Flanders" <jeflanders@comcast.net>
To: <RTTY@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] DE


> At 16:51 1/7/03 -0600, Don Hill AA5AU wrote:
> ><SNIP>
> >
> >I guess some believe their call is going to highlight on the other
> >person's screen without
> >the DE.  But not everyone runs WriteLog.  I believe it's good practice to
> >use DE before
> >your callsign like DE AA5AU AA5AU K.  Not necessarily DE AA5AU DE AA5AU
K.
>
> Is the "K" really required here? Why?
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
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