[RTTY] QTC's and contests

[Phil Cooper]

Hi all,

Well, the subject has of QTC's has certainly stirred up a hornets nest,
hasn't it?

I guess it just goes to show that each and everyone of us has a different
agenda where contests are concerned.
The main point of entering a contest for me is simply to have FUN! OK, I
also chase new DXCC entities, and for me, contests are a great way to do it.
Whether you like QTC's or not is beside the point. It is just another
"exchange" to be completed. If one is going to complain a little, I guess
the CQWW is probably the least challenging, as - if you use dedicated
contest software - the exchange is completed for you!
BARTG require the exchange of the time of the contact, and that too has
received complaints!

I guess it sort of boils down to whether you enter a contest to WIN, at
whatever cost, or simply to take part and have fun!

I rather got the impression that several folk were implying that QTC's were
only effective between big guns, and that little pistols would lose out.
This is NOT the case as far as I am concerned, as this past WAEDC proved. I
got many QTC's from W's who said I was weak with them, but they were booming
in to me, so I took the QTC's. It doesn't matter which way they go! it
counts for points on both sides!

I will finish by saying that I don't mind if you don't want to handle QTC's,
but it is you who will be losing out on the points!
It is not rocket science, although proper contest software makes it so much
easier!

Now I am looking forward to the OK RTTY contest!

73 for now
Phil GU0SUP


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