[RTTY] Contest Happenings??

[Art Searle W2NRA]

Hi Roger,

The BARTG Sprint requires no RST at all.  The exchange is only serial 
numbers.  Most of the stations I worked did not include a signal report. 
  I guess the BARTG is one organization that realizes your point on the 
uselessness of signal reports in contests.

73,
Art
W2NRA

Roger Cooke wrote:
> Hi.
> 
>   The poor propagation in the BARTG Sprint contest presented some
> difficulties with exchanges.
> I realise that the ubiquitous use of 599 is now more or less accepted,
> but I was quite pleased
> in one way to receive 449 from one station. Unfortunately the Writelog
> module does not allow any
> change from the 599 that is automatically sent. I could never quite
> see why the report was used
> owing to this fact, something that the Sprint obviously takes into
> account.
> 
>   I realise I am making waves here, but should we not consider this in
> future contests? What is
> the point of sending 599 when we all know that both columns in the
> contest log are going to say
> 599? It really is a waste of time. This is probably designed with
> "saving time" in mind?
> 
>   One thing I noted in the Sprint from about half a dozen (if that)
> stations was when a station
> was running a freq. I called, he came back and issued his exchange. I
> returned and issued mine.
> As soon as I went back to receive he was calling CQ again, no QSL, TU,
> Have a nice day, kiss my
> butt or anything. This really p....d me off and I insisted on one
> station giving me an acknowledgement
> of my number. I know I am a GOM now I have reached 65 but come on
> guys, give me a break! How long
> does it take to say TU? Are we that hell bent on saving time?  RTTY is
> the last bastion of gentlemanly
> behaviour and friendship, let's not spoil that!
> 
>   Does anybody else share my grief? Am I the only Luddite on the air?
> 
> Having said all that, I did exchange a few niceties with old friends
> and must admit that the few that
> did not bother to acknowledge were far outweighed by the majority!
> It's still an enjoyable mode.
> 
>  But what do YOU think about sending either a genuine RST or nothing
> at all?
> 
> 
> 73 de Roger G3LDI GOM, BOF + Bar
> rcooke at g3ldi.freeserve.co.uk
> g3ldi at amsat.org
> g3ldi at qsl.net
> g3ldi at gb7ldi.#35.gbr.eu
> 
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