[RTTY] Upside down

[David Levine]

I noticed a station sending CQ late afternoon on Saturday and I couldn't
decode anything so I hit REV in MMTY and copied 100%. I sent him a message
and his next CQ was fine.

Like K0RC posted, I worked more Alaska stations this weekend then I think I
ever worked in a contest. And like K0RC, the only state remaining I need on
80m is Alaska but alas, no 80m Alaska stations heard here in NJ on my G5RV.
I did work KL7RA on 3 bands - 40m, 20m & 15m.

Thanks for the 2 contacts this weekend!

73,
K2DSL - David

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Gary AL9A <al9a at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> During the contest I was repeatedly called by some poor soul whose entire
> string was nothing but garbage.  I knew it was the same station each time
> because in the middle of each garbage string were the characters ...s901...
> I could not decode anything and even though I sent several messages stating
> that I could not decode the station calling me he kept calling over and
> over.  This happened several times during the contest and right at the end
> he was the last station that tried to work me.
>
> Being a bit slow on the draw sometimes it finally dawned on me too late
> that
> the guy might be sending upside down.  By that time though it was all
> history and I couldn't verify my suspicion.  I don't think I've ever run
> across an upside down signal before so I'm not sure what I should have
> done.
> If I hit the REV button in MMTTY would it then decode his signal?  If he
> was
> indeed upside down, how could he copy my call and exchange?  If this
> happens
> again should I tell to other the op to hit his REV button to see if it
> corrects the garbage?  What's the best way to handle this?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>