[RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup

[robert]

hi Tyler.

All true. if we are talking about being fast or speed. Then I would be very
happy too see something on the reflector to speed things up.

When I have to sit and watch all these ham's calling and calling giving
report for a long time, without seeing a sinle callsig or seeing who is
senging the report. I just give up and take a long break and change
frequency when I come back.in last contest the same station was senging me a
report.  "tf3tty 59914145991414tf3tty qsl qsl pse"
15 minutes when I gave up I called and ask for a callsing, when my rig went
to receve he was transmitting the report.
so tell me how should we gain more speed!!!!!

73 de tf3tty


----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyler Stewart" <k3mm at verizon.net>
To: "'robert'" <tf3rb at internet.is>; <RTTY at contesting.com>; "'Shelby
Summerville'" <k4ww at arrl.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup


> For slower paced contests that may be fine, but unless you send a new
shift
> character before each character group, many of us will unshift.  If you do
> it properly by at least shifting (let alone unshifting each time) again,
it
> takes 33 to 66 percent longer to send the same group of two characters
than
> using dashes.  In addition, only 2 of 4 or 5 instead of 2 of 3 characters
> hold the info you are after.  If copy is poor this can mean the difference
> between a QSL and an AGN AGN! Guess it depends on how smart your decoder
is
> (both computer and human software) and whether you can type well which way
> works better.  My preference is for dashes...
>
> Ty K3MM
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
> Behalf Of robert
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 11:20 AM
> To: RTTY at contesting.com; Shelby Summerville
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup
>
> Hi
>
> I hope that everyone send a DE before there callsign and a 599 before the
> exchange.
> All the programs I have seen needs those two worde so they know that a
> callsign is comming and a exchange.
> If this is not in there then I have to pt the callsign in the program and
> the exchange. It gave me a lot of trouble in pileups so I just ignore
those
> who don't send it. at it's best it gives me a breake to get me a cup of
> coffie and waitfor thse hams to move....
>
> guys please send DE before your callsign and 599 and the exchange.  i.e.
> 599 14 14.. Don't send 599-14-14 thats just as bad as not sending 599..
> regards guy's
> see you tomorrow in sartg. Point your antennas to iceland.
>
> regards robert      TF3TTY
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shelby Summerville" <k4ww at arrl.net>
> To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 12:58 PM
> Subject: [RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup
>
>
> > Dick Thompson wrote: "I would like to put forth a suggestion to those
who
> > are entering the ARRL RTTY Contest, especially the newer people.
> >
> > The report that you send is a signal report & State or Province or
> > Country (S/P/C).  Please don't send 599 Mich if you are in Michigan.
> > Send 599 MI.  There is no need to spell out your state/province.  Just
> > use the standard 2 letter abbreviation.  I don't even know why a 599
> > needs to be sent.  Everybody knows they will get a 599 even if they have
> > to repeat the exchange a dozen time.  Hi Hi.  It would be nice if the
> > managers of a contest would do away with signal reports completely,
> > since nobody ever gives anything other than 59(9).  Hi Hi.
> >
> > Good luck in the contest, guys.  Hope to see you there."
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > ----------------------------------
> >
> > Dick, great suggestion, unfortunately you're "preaching to the choir"!
> Most,
> > if not all, subscribers to this reflector, are well acquainted with RTTY
> > contesting protocol? My suggestion, and I do this: keep a record, during
> the
> > contest, of those that you may deem "not doing it correctly"! Post
> contest,
> > send those stations, a private email, gently advising them of the
> "correct"
> > way? Most, if not all, that you send an email, will welcome the advice,
> > especially if it's written in a way, to encourage them, certainly not
> > discourage them?
> > I also keep a record of stations "never worked before on RTTY", and send
> > them a "welcome to RTTY contesting" email. Included in that email are
the
> > URL's that will give them the necessary information, to continue to
> > participate in future RTTY contests.
> >
> > Happy New Year to y'all
> >
> > C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
> >
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