[RTTY] How to handle a pileup on RTTY

Bill Turner dezrat at copper.net
Wed Jul 26 13:38:42 EDT 2006


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On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:21:54 -0400, you wrote:


>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

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The only problem with sending the other guy's call last is that is not
the traditional way of doing it. Normally, YOUR call goes last.

A savvy op will usually figure out what's going on, but with QRM/QRN
there is always the possibility of error.

For my macros, I put my call last.

Bill, W6WRT


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