[RTTY] Good Observations in RTTY RU

[Dick-w0raa]

I agree with what you say, Steve.  Especially the comment about sending your 
own call at the end of the report you send the other station.

I had stations send me the following: W0RAA 599 AL AL W0RAA.  Makes no 
sense.  A few years ago I noticed this habit and decided that the station I 
was working probably knew I was sending a report to him.  So, I changed my 
report to read: KT0DX 599 CO CO W0RAA.  That way you know it was directed at 
you and I was the station sending it.  I never had a repeat on the call, 
except when in Run Mode and there was QRM on the frequency.

I certainly appreciate all the stations that sent me 599 and NOT 5NN as some 
did.  Also, thanks to the stations who spelled out TEXAS and GEORGIA and 
MICHIGAN, because they probably figured that nobody would know what they 
meant if they sent TX, GA or MI.  I'm in the contest to make as many Q's as 
possible.  So, I don't need to see "HI DICK - UR 5NN in the QTH of MICHIGAN 
AND THE NAME HERE IS BILL".  Just give me a 599 MI MI and let me get on to 
the next one.  I know many of these folks are new, and I didn't say anything 
to them, but I figured the more they got involved in this great Radio Sport 
of Contesting, the more they would become aware that less is better.  It's 
OK to be polite, but let's keep it simple in a contest.  My macros have 
become much shorter over the years, and I hope that those I have a Q with 
appreciate it.  If I need a repeat, I have a macro that simply says "AGN 
PSE?" or "STATE?" or "NR?", and I can use that to get the info and send out 
the info so their logs are correct.  And they should read the rules.

Other than that I we had our best RTTY RU results in several years, and we 
have a feeling we may have taken First in the Rocky Mountain Division again 
for this one, just like the last 2 years.  Hey, you have to live in hopes. 
:)

I have not had the pleasure of attending the Dayton Contest University and 
doubt that my health will allow me to attend it this year.  Maybe, "Good 
Lord Willing" 2010 will allow me to go back to Dayton.  If my health 
improves before this years event, maybe I'll give it a try, but no plans are 
being made as yet.  I have heard and read all the reports on the Contest 
University and I know that nobody could walk away from it without picking up 
some good pointers and new techniques.

All in all it was another fun contest.

Dick
W0RAA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve **KT0DX**" <kt0dx at comcast.net>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 6:01 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Good Observations in RTTY RU


> After every contest we always see all the things that others did
> wrong.   None of them are new if you have at least one RTTY RU under
> your belt.  What I would like to see is things that you noticed that
> were good that maybe you were not doing and are going to try.  During
> this years contest I saw two things that I am going to try next year.
> The first one is to send out a space or two before I allow my radio to
> go back into receive.  I did not realize the impact that the space has
> at the end of the micro.  I started to notice that some stations that
> called me I could copy the call sign two times with no problem as the
> garbage characters were spaced away from the last letter of the call.
> On others the trash was right next to the last letter in the call and I
> would get something like KH6JM KH6JMGdEdl.  Now which call was correct
> the KH6JM or the KH6JMG.  If both are in the master call data base they
> are going to both show up as good.  Nothing to do but as for a repeat of
> the call and lost time.  I changed my micro during the contest and I did
> not have any request for a repeat of my call.  I hope I am correct about
> this space deal if not I am sure someone is going to let me know.
>
> The other thing I took notice of were the stations that were sending the
> other stations call at the front of the report and their call at the
> end.  What made this very useful was when I was going around the band
> looking for new stations I did not have to sit and wait until the whole
> exchange took place to find out that I was waiting on a station I had
> already worked.  If the run station was sending the report I saw AB0LR
> (in needed color) 599 CO CO K0ZU (in the dupe color).   If the S&P
> stations was sending the report it would show K0ZU (in dupe color) 599
> CO CO AB0LR (in needed color).   Sometimes both call would be in the
> dupe color.   This would be a good time saver over the course of the
> contest.  If all you see is 599 AL AL  you have to wait until the run
> station sends his TU and call to see if you need him/her.
>
> Did anyone else find anything good and interesting that you would like
> us all to see?
>
> Steve
> KT0DX
>
>
>
>
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