[RTTY] How to handle a pileup on RTTY

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so far all good tips but one I havent seen yet is to resend the station
callsign at the end of the transmission, that way if it was lost the first
time, they should be able to get it at the end....

Example:

K6LL 599 HI K6LL


On 7/25/2006 12:04:09 PM, David Hachadorian (k6ll at adelphia.net) wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "KH6GMP" <kh6gmp at hawaii.rr.com>
> To: <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 3:22 PM
> Subject: [RTTY] How to handle a pileup on RTTY
>
>
> > 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