[RTTY] K4WW

[Tyler Stewart]

Exactly right, Ed.  A pregnant pause maybe, but anything more than a few
seconds is fair game.

However, I caution you to be sure that the station wasn't just working a
weak one you couldn't hear. I know I have difficulty many times during a
contest weekend when I'm working EU for example and someone comes up on the
frequency immediately calling CQ or even asking very quickly while I'm
trying to pull out a report from 5 lines of exchange from eastern Eu, etc.
Then they get all torqued off when you finally acknowledge the guy and keep
on truckin'.  

I've also had real weak guys start calling CQ on the frequency while I'm
beaming EU.  I try to ignore them most of the time, but if my rate starts
tanking, I have to move the beam stateside to chase them off.  Then they get
all indignant that it's their frequency, etc.

It's one of them contest thangs you just have to deal with when it
happens...

Ty K3MM



-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Ed
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 4:39 PM
To: RTTY Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] K4WW

> On Feb 26, 2006, at 6:53 AM, Shelby Summerville wrote:
 
Lowlight: With the ever increasing SO2R operators, there seems to
be a very discourteous trend of "making me (maybe others)" wait
while they complete a contact on the "other" radio!
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My thought are these. If a SO2R leaves a frequency to make a Q on
another band, that frequency he left is open!!

I get tired of sending ???? for 30 seconds, then CQing, to have
someone come back and say it's his frequency. And unlike Chen with his
so called "peanut whistle", I run a full KW out on FSK to some very
serious 5 element wide spaced beams.

If you leave it, you lose it, unless you're very quick!

73
Ed
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