[RTTY] Confession - I hate QTC's

[Don Cassel]

QTCs are one of the reasons I enjoy working the WAE in all 3 forms.
Otherwise it would be just another 599 serial number exchange contest. I
would get very bored of working many different contests all of which have
the same format. In my opinion QTCs show a very creative way of adding
interest to what would be a dull contest especially in SSB and CW where you
can only work Europe. Their use of QTCs is something like the SS use of a
message format but implemented in a wholly different way. Using a QTC
functional program such as Writelog makes the transcibing part of the
exchange easier and thus you can concentrate on accuracy.

73, Don, VE3XD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of WA9ALS - John
> Sent: November 11, 2003 7:12 AM
> To: RTTY
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Confession - I hate QTC's
> 
>  
> > Same here.  Never worked WAE and never will unless they ditch the 
> > QTCs.  I couldn't care less who the other guy has already worked.
> > Tom W7WHY
> 
> That's not the point Tom.  The point is to see if you have 
> the skills, and have acquuired the data, to exchange a bunch 
> of variable information with the station that you are 
> working.  It requires a higher level of functioning during 
> the contest.  It requires good techinique and a good station, 
> not to mention good prop.
> 
> > I'd be hard pressed to think of anything more boring.
> 
> I'm hard pressed to think of anything more boring than 
> exchanging 599-IN-04 with someone who already has that 
> information in their log as assumed by their software.
> 
> 73 - John, WA9ALS
> 
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