[RTTY] Why QR for the section????

[Eric - VE3GSI]

David,

Your setup or the propagation or for whatever reason is missing the
'shift-to-numbers' character. Therefore instead of getting the number 14,
the un-shifted numbers show on your screen as QR.  It does happen from time
to time and you will most often see it when a sequence number is part of the
exchange. If it happens just remember the 'North West' keyboard rule, north
west of 'Q' is 1 and NW of W is 2 and so on. You will soon learn that 'TOO'
is 599.

The Krazy Canuck I seen sending MAR was actually NS.  He was sending an ARRL
section and not the province as required in the rules. He did correct it
later in the contest, I guess after a few fellows sent him NIL or not in
log.

Welcome to RTTY,
de Eric.
(also a krazy canuck)





-----Original Message-----
From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On
Behalf Of David Wilburn
Sent: September-28-08 11:45 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Why QR for the section????

I hit EE3R a couple of times.  They kept sending QR for their section. 
  No one else seems to ask.  So I ask.  They just kept sending me 
their exchange.  I didn't know what to do.  The program (N1MM) 
certainly didn't like QR.  It had showed 14 so I accepted that.  What 
am I missing?

I'm probably going to loose a QSO for the guy in Canada that gave his 
province as MAR.
-- 

David Wilburn
NM4M
http://www.nm4m.com


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