[RTTY] Cherry Picking Calls by RUN Stations

[Ed Muns]

Hmmm.  Are you sure these RUN stations were just sending a report without a
call sign?  Is it possible that you missed printing the call sign.as you wer
monitoring?  If you're right, then I agree, that is a an amazing, and
selfish, way to operate.

Ed - P49X (W0YK)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dick Kriss
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 8:36 PM
> To: RTTY Reflector
> Subject: [RTTY] Cherry Picking Calls by RUN Stations
> 
> My pet peeve in the 2010 CQ-WPX-RTTY contest was RUN stations 
> that would call CQ, and rather than responding with the 
> normal ³CALL 599 123 123 CALL² or ³599 123 123 CALL² they 
> would respond with a generic ³599 123 123² then wait to see 
> if someone would QSL and send a report.  They would then 
> cherry pick from the strongest stations and respond with a 
> normal QSL and QRZ.
> 
> All this cherry picking technique did was to cause confusion 
> as it was not clear who the generic report was directed. Some 
> of us refused to send a report and would just send our calls 
> again. The RUN stations would then use a normal response.
> 
> I must be in a minority group that does not care for the 
> generic reports and cherry picking. There were several doing 
> it and it was like others started copying the technique.
> 
> I guess the technique will continue as long as powerful S&P 
> stations respond to the generic reports.
> 
> Off the Soapbox
> 
> 73 Dick AA5VU
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