[RTTY] Logging Question & Post Contest Thought

[DJ3IW Goetz]

Hi Doug,

thanks for the various QSOs in CQWW. Yes, WL properly showed
KG4OX as Gitmo and all KG4xxx as USA needing a state entry!
So I am really puzzled by your experience. Were these mainly
EU stations asking you for STATE?

73 de Goetz, DJ3IW
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug McDuff" <w4ox at bellsouth.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:38 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Logging Question & Post Contest Thought


> Operating as KG4OX during the CQWW, I all too frequently was asked
> for my state.  In fact, so many times so that I had to make up a
> special macro to address the issue.
>
> Now I understand that there could have been some confusion with the
> FCC having issued KG4xxx calls, but I found this to be very curious
> nonetheless for at least two reasons.  First (and assuming my
> exchange was properly copied) my zone was given as 8.  Second, and 
> at
> least in using WL, when a KG4xx call was entered it should have
> automatically populated the entry window with Guantanamo.  In fact,
> during a lull in the contest I tested this out and also tried it
> using a KG4xxx call and it was only with the 2x3 call that I would 
> be
> required to fill in the state.  So, I was more than mildly curious 
> as
> to why this would have happened on such a frequent basis.  Any 
> thoughts?
>
> Also, I found that over time there appeared a pattern as to when I
> was likely to have to request repeats.  The exchange usually went 
> like this:
>
> KG4OX KG4OX KG4OX de xx1xx
>
> Now clearly I knew my own call, although there were a few slips
> outside the contest when I was near asleep and on CW where I started
> to send W4OX.  Almost without fail, I could clearly print my own 
> call
> but the call of the station calling me would get garbled.  In a few
> instances, and I apologize for doing so, I had to give up and move 
> on
> to someone else because I just could not print the call when only
> given once.  At least to me, it would have been far more productive
> for the station(s) calling me to send their callsign several times 
> to
> get my attention.
>
> 73, Doug W4OX / KG4OX
>
> PS  I want to take this opportunity to publicly thank John, WA9ALS,
> for his invaluable help prior to the contest.  My trip to KG4 was a
> near last minute situation.  John, via email, patiently walked me
> through setting up and using MMTTY with WL.  Further, John
> volunteered to ship to me his interface and cables for use with the
> 706.  I was glad to be able to take them with me.  They will now be
> carefully re-packed and returned to him.  Thanks John!