[RTTY] Response to DX Station

Ron Kolarik rkolarik at neb.rr.com
Thu Aug 11 18:30:55 PDT 2011


If you could get everyone to read and abide by the DX Code of Conduct it might help
http://dx-code.org/

Most DXpeditions have the code or a link to it on their websites, now getting people
to actually read it is something else.

Ron
K0IDT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W3OA" <w3oa at roadrunner.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:46 PM
Subject: [RTTY] Response to DX Station


>  I've just watched the CE0Y/I2DMI and 9X0TL videos.  While the multi 
> channel decoders are very cool, what surprised me was the length of the 
> responses from those who had broken the pileups.  With over 300 
> confirmed on RTTY I thought I knew what I was doing.  Maybe not.
> 
> When the DX station comes back to me and I'm sure he has my call correct 
> I send "599TU" and shut up.  In the videos a lot of the stations 
> repeated their own calls, some repeated the DX station's call, and many 
> added other "niceties".
> 
> Am I missing something?  Is there an advantage to a long response when 
> the DX station comes back to you?
> 
> 73 - Dick, W3OA
> 
> 
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