[RTTY] Answering CQ's

[Jeff Stai]

Agree with everything Phil said... it's a real rate bummer to sit and watch your call repeated three times and his call six times. (My fave this contest was the guy who sent my call 3 times and his call once, then on the exchange sent 599 three times, spelled ARIZONA twice, then sent his call once!)

I do appreciate getting my call sent to me when you are calling and there is another station on my frequency - I get enough of those and I can become aware of the situation... in those instances, however, please send my call once and yours twice.

In general, sending your call anything over 3 times is too much, really!

tnx & 73 - jeff wk6i

At 10:27 AM 10/2/2006, Phil Cooper wrote:
>Hello Tom and the group............
>
>You wrote:
>>>1.  Put the guys call in first, then our call twice?
>>>2.  Don't put the other guys call in at all and just send our call?
>
>I think the simple answer is to use No2!
>
>There are a couple of instances where No1 should be used:
>        1.....When there is more than one station on a frequency, and you want to
>make sure you get a response from the correct call.
>        2.....Perhaps when you call (say) HC8N, but some other station calls YOU.

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