[RTTY] PARTIAL Crib list

[Roger Cooke]

Hi.

   When I entered a RTTY contest after a number of years not taking
part, I was also caught in this
trap. Two other stations were also active, G3WDI and G3TDI. Now, with
G3LDI on again after
a number of years, if the first letter was missed, an educated guess
ensued and I lost a number of
contacts to G3WDI or G3TDI, which probably confused them too!

  I think this is a very badly used part of Writelog, and in effect, if
it is used, the QSO's are strictly
speaking not legal, as the full call has not been copied. Personally, I
do not use it at all. It just leads
to just what is being discussed here. Getting thate "QSO B4" on the
screen when you know very
well you have NOT QSO'ed B4 is extremely annoying to say the least. The
air in my shack has been
a dark blue on a number of occasions due to that confusion! If you don't
copy my call then please ask
ME for a correction, not some dumb confuser!!!

  At least Phil does not have quite the problem I had, inasmuch that his
friend does not have quite as
similar call as the two I got confused with. After entering a dozen or
so contests and getting my call
in the Friend.INI, at least it does not happen quite so often. However,
I still think that reliance should
not be placed on that partial call file.

73 de Roger, G3LDI