[RTTY] Contest Happenings??

[Peter Laws]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Roger Cooke wrote:

>   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 

BARTG Sprint rules say "serial number only".  That's all I sent (along 
with callsigns as appropriate, of course).  

I agree - drop the RST.  Better, add something else.  We already have 
tests that want Maidenhead grids or UTC so what else could we send?

> guys, give me a break! How long does it take to say TU?

I look for some kind of ACK too else how do I know you received my NR NR 
without hanging around to see if the next guy gets the next higher NR?  

-- 
73,
Peter Laws  
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