[RTTY] How to handle a pileup on RTTY

[Mike]

Hello Gary,

Your method of dealing with a number of unreadable signals is a good 
one.  You gotta receive 'em before you can work 'em!

The guys on the other end should realize it as well.

At 11:22 AM 7/25/2006, KH6GMP 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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