[RTTY] WPX 2007

[Alan Burgstahler]

To all those who replied to my message, yes, it appears that I did not 
understand what he was saying.  How many of us have written (or said) 
something that appears completely understandable to us, but doesn't make 
sense to the person(s) we're communicating with.  There are little snippets 
in magazines such as Reader's Digest where someone put something in a church 
bulletin (or somewhere) that made sense to them, and everyone else is 
reading it and laughing because it means something else to those who are 
reading it, and they read it as something funny.

I agree that it is a bad thing when people respond to your CQ with a report 
right away.  It throws off the sequences in the contest programs, as well as 
confusing people.  For one thing, how does the person know that they're the 
only person calling?  May be more than one station calling at that time, and 
that will surely mess things up.  While I did a lot of CQing this contest, I 
think I only had one person come back to me that way this contest.  Other 
contests I've had more than that.  I wouldn't say it's popular in the 
USA/Canada area, but it does happen from time to time, and it confuses me 
(as the CQer) and slows down the operation.

I also disagree with some of the other sending that is creeping in.  Why do 
people start out their transmission with a bunch of periods?
..... N7BF de (whoever)
for instance.  Also the overly generous use of line feeds in the middle or 
end of a transmission (I don't think an example is necessary here).  If I 
was still running an actual mechanical machine like I did in the 1960s and 
was printing on paper, you can be sure I'd have a rather caustic comment 
ready for those who were wasting my paper with all those line feeds that are 
not necessary.  I'd guess people think it looks better on the screen or 
something.  Of course, in many cases we're "preaching to the choir" because 
I'd bet those people who do some of the things that many of us find 
irritating don't read these forums.

Enough for now.

Alan - N7BF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vilnis Vosekalns" <yl2kf at arrl.net>
To: "RTTY" <RTTY at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 2:49 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WPX 2007


>
> Hello,
> no no Alan , this is not what You read -
> Fabi will turn attention to follow bad scenario in QSOs :
>
> 1. TEST VE2FBD VE2FBD CQ  - he is calling CQ !
> 2. VE2FBD 599 045 045 DE XX7YYX HW? QSL? ( or so on, maybe more
>  idiotic long messages ) - caller calling in
> with serial number. From where caller can say that I can
> copy him? Maybe two or three calling in same time or so on.
> Someone who do like so thinking that he save the time for
> complete QSO. That is not true, just mixing up tempo and give
> chance to loose cq frequency for VE2FBD.
> I never answer to such callers and have macro - NEED ONLY YOUR CALL??
> if still caller continue same -  I do not know - for me
> it's depend from my sense of humor at that moment - can send
> SORRY, QSO B4 TU or so on, but never agree with such scenario anymore.
> Othervise this style of calling will continue and don't disapear.
> Is it popular in North America too? I was on mind that this is
> clever invention from the old Europe ;-)
>
> brgds = 73
> Vilnis = YL2KF