[RTTY] [CQ-Contest] RTTY Reflections

[jeff stai]

Well, if they want to be decorative in their exchange or spell out
MINNESOTA that is their right, and then I'll just have to stop and
sort it all out with the keyboard. Same things happen with a little
QRM - too much screen hash means you can't click. (And so you might be
a little delayed in your response, no 2nd radio necessary!)

And if they send something like NAME HERE IS JOE QTH TEXAS 73 GL AND
HNY K, I will happily hit alt-K and reply TU JOE NAME HR JEFF 73 DE
WK6I QRZ. I'm just happy they have decided to have fun in a RTTY
contest and give me a Q. If they want to get "serious" they will
figure it out.

73 jeff wk6i

On Jan 8, 2008 7:28 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net> wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 08:35:14 -0600, "Peter Laws" <plaws at plaws.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Really?  Then why all the attempts to control the characters others
> >put in their macros?   I get annoyed at folks that have '/' in their
> >exchange or the full state name, but hey, that's ultimately their
> >problem not mine.  People will eventually find out what works FOR
> >THEM.
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> These attempts to "control" what others use in their macros are only
> to help speed up the exchange a little. Unlike phone or CW, one can
> not just ignore the extra "/" or whatever because RTTY contesting
> programs are designed so you can use the mouse to click on the
> exchange. If the exchange is not formatted correctly, it won't click
> and the entry has to be made by hand. When 99% of the stations are
> "clickable", you are naturally going to want to help the 1% become
> "clickable" too.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT

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