[RTTY] How about this!

[f6irf@free.fr]

Fully agree Wolf,
But I am not sure in comes from Nick UT2UZ, excellent programmer, but also
contester... I would be surprised because Nick always send very short
exchanges.
I have used mixW in the past, and the macros were "normal"

Anyway it is really a bad idea, like repeating the serial in parenthesis, or
repeating the full exchange with calls and RST when you are expecting the NR
only- Or using fancy separators...etc...etc...
The list is long !

We have just to live with this. The newcomers will learn...
To see it positively, it is also the sign that the activity is in constant
progression, as shown on DJ3NG's site the nr of received by contest sponsors as
doubled between 2000 and 2004...

Think very few ham activities can show the same dynamism !!!
Patrick

PS: btw anybody knows where to find stats for CW and SSB contests - if they
exist...







Re: [RTTY] How about this!
from [Wolf (DL6JZ)] [Permanent Link][Original]

To:  rtty at contesting.com
Subject:  Re: [RTTY] How about this!
From:  "Wolf (DL6JZ)" <dl6jz at t-online.de>
Date:  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 12:35:19 +0100
List-post:  <mailto:rtty at contesting.com>

Hi Phil,

tks for the QSO in WAEDC. Your operation technics was fine as usual.

The problem you described is a very hard case. But who had invented
exchanges like:

 ...................DL6JZ DL6JZ de <hiscall> <hiscall>
...................gm es qsl ................ ur 599 006 006 de
<hiscall>

I saw such exchanges with a lot of dots for the first time in the CQWW
RTTY. But last weekend there were tons of such time wasting replies. I
think the programmer of this software (MixW??) published examples for
macros which looks very special but which are not suited for contesting.

I hope this will be a temporary problem only!!

73 + 55
Wolf, DL6JZ


-----Original Message-----
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 10:24:58 +0100
Subject: [RTTY] How about this!
From: "pcooper"
To: rtty at contesting.com

Hi all,

I couldn't find the call when I wrote my WAEDC report, but I have now
found the call that really wound me up during one CQ session.

I was happily working away, and after a TU QRZ?, I get
....IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH.......
which I can't click on, or I get all of that in the call field, so I
have to type it in.
By then, he is calling again, so I reply with a report.
Nothing. I send again, but still nothing.
OK, time to call CQ, and then gues what....
Yup! ....IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH....... is back again. Type
the call in quick and reply. Wait. Wait a bit more, just in case.
Nothing. Re-send the report. Nothing.
Call CQ, get several replies, one of which I work, and as this call
replies, I get ....IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH...IZ8DWH....... all over
again.

If anyone knows IZ8DWH, please advise him that this is NOT a good way to
send your call!

73 all

Phil GU0SUP