[RTTY] Don't send IN during the exchange!

[Jeff Stai WK6I]

well, I like seeing DE just fine, as long as it really means DElaware!

The "Toastmaster Award" goes to the guy who added a long "GO PACKERS..." message to his exchange!

He made the "YO!" guy seem cute...

73! - jeff wk6i

(ps Jim tnx qsl!)


At 02:18 PM 1/5/2004, Michael Furfari wrote:
>Thats a good point Jim, also since I am a 3 call and live in PA I never send
>599 PA PA DE K3FH, just in case someone interprets the DE as
>Delaware.....figure DE not needed in RTTY any way during an exchange.
>
>Mike K3FH
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
>
>> Two guys I worked (out of 220 or so) sent their report like this:
>>
>>   AD1C UR 599 IN IL IL <end>
>>
>> Why send the word IN?  In one case (above) it was a W9 station, and I
>wasn't
>> sure whether he was in INdiana or ILlinois - IL bean IN 2-to-1.  The other
>one
>> was more obvious.
>>
>> This is not the toastmasters! Just get the information across as succintly
>as
>> possible.
>>
>> 73 - Jim AD1C
>>

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