[RTTY] Some observations in SCC

[Vladimir Sidorov]

Hi Phil,

Some people suggests that the RST scale is obsolete and it's time to change 
it to RSQ in relation to DIGImodes, and the Q in the new scale stands for 
Quality.

73,

Vladimir VE3IAE

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> Hi all,
>
> Just a couple of observations I made during the SCC contest, and possibly 
> in
> SARTG as well.
>
> I saw a lot of UR RSQ 599, instead of RST. What is meant by RSQ?
>
> After SCC had finished, I checked the OH2AQ cluster to see what had been
> spotted and when during the contest, and I see that an EC1 station was
> spotting LOTS of RTTY on 14070. Was that true? He had RTTY-U against the
> spots. I never worked ANY of the calls he listed.
> When I do the VK2SG notes, there are often a lot of spots for PSK
> frequencies but with RTTY listed against them.
> Is there something I have missed??
>
> Finally, I checked my call in OH2AQ to see when I was spotted, and it was
> interesting to see that a few stations spotted me 100 or 200 Hz away from 
> my
> actual frequency, and although those spots obviously increased my rate at
> the time, many were calling on the spotted frequency, rather than where I
> was actually working!
> I wondered at the time whether it was due to a spot, but when you get lots
> of stations calling you that far away, you do wonder!
>
> Oh well, strange things happen!
>
> 73 all
>
> Phil GU0SUP
>
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