[RTTY] How to handle a pileup on RTTY

[Jerry]

Hi Gary

	Even though this station is not in an exotic location, will have pileups
with Italian and German stations during every major rtty contest. 

	The trick that sometimes works is to have a macro that says "one at a time
pse".  Also, wait a few seconds before working the first guy. Very often
one can see and hear parts of other calls.  After working the first station
immediately send the part of the second call with a "?" mark. This will
momentarily thin the pileup.

 	Remember to send the station's call sign, who you are calling, both at
the beginning and the end of the exchange. Dont wait for the pileup to end.
In general the stations calling you are not hearing the others, just you. 

	Do not send your call sign at the end of the exchange, it is just a waste
of time. They know who they are calling.

	Finally, just enjoy the feeling and keep your QSO rate up.

		73 de Jerry NO2T

	
At 05:22 AM 7/25/2006 -1000, you wrote:
>It was suggested here to "change the subject" and quit this bickering 
>about SO2R etc.   Here I go, "how to handle a pileup"????    There are a 
>lot of great rtty contesters on here and Id like to get some opinions on 
>how to handle an rtty pileup.  I dont get them often but when I do its 
>frustrating. I guess when I do get one its because the band condx became 
>supergood or maybe I got spotted and KH6 is a wanted multiplier.  
>Anyway, suddenly I get anywhere from 2 to who knows how many callers 
>responding to my CQ.  All right exactly on same frequency, cant copy any 
>of them.  If I do a 'qrz?'  or 'agn?',  the same ones call with the same 
>result, cant copy any call or even a portion of a call.  What I do is 
>just keep waiting for the one with the most patience who outlasts the 
>rest and is finally alone and I go back to him.   Im wondering if there 
>isnt a better way.   Any comments???
>
>ALOHA de Gary KH6GMP
>
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