[RTTY] WPX thoughts

[Alex Malyava]

First scenario might be because of hitting the wrong button, I did it
myself a few times.
You are about to call (F1) a station, but hit F2 and send something
like "de K2BB 599 001 001"

2008/2/11, Phil Cooper <pcooper at guernsey.net>:
> Hi again,
>
> Just a few thoughts about WPX that I have been thinking about.
>
> Was it just me, or were there a lot of stations sending a report before they
> had even been acknowledged?
> I frequently encountered this:
> CQ WPX DE GU0SUP CQ
> TU UR 599 001 001 DE XX1XX KN
> XX1XX TU 599 100 100 100 DE GU0SUP
> and then nothing back! What does everyone else do in situations like this? I
> logged them, but I am not too happy with this.
>
> The cluster: As always, some folk send spots based on their rig frequency,
> not the MARK frequency.
> Most times, this isn't a problem, but over the weekend, I encountered a few
> instances where I was running on the frequency of a spot that came through
> for another call.
> I then ended up with this:
> CQ WPX DE GU0SUP CQ
> DE XX1XX XX1XX KN
> XX1XX TU 599 100 100 100 DE GU0SUP
> AA5AU TU UR 599 001 001 DE XX1XX KN
> And then they were gone before I could get them to correct my call! Again,
> what does everyone else do?
>
> I also had a lot if instances where one of the so-called "big guns" would
> just call and call over a QSO in progress, and still not QRX when asked to
> do so!
> This got slightly annoying when it happened on one band, but to have it
> happen with the same calls on several bands was severely trying my patience!
> There was an EA, a DL1, a UW2, and an SP0 that kept doing this.
>
> The upside is that I enjoyed it anyway, and had a real ball on the bands.
> There were some nice highlights for me, including the new band-slots, but I
> guess I was a first GU for quite a few too, and that is always fun.
>
> Since putting my log on LoTW, I have had over 100 confirmations! Looks like
> LoTW was busy during the night!
>
> Thanks to all for the great contest, and see you in the next one!
>
> 73 de Phil GU0SUP
>
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