[RTTY] Three lessons from NAQP

[Bill]

first
I worked the fellow in MINNESOTA I think a couple of times, which is 
where using the keyboard comes in handy.
I simply typed MN.

As I don't care or am interested in scores, if they ding me for not 
copying what was sent. 'no problemo'.

secondly
While I did work BAMBI twice, I just assumed it was a YL or XYL.
I sometimes forget my own name...much less remember the names belonging 
to the Calls I work in the contest. LOL


On 2/28/2011 12:37 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> If you want to talk about overkill, then you needed to work the guy who sent
> his state as MINNESOTA.  I guess he figures everyone out there is too dumb
> to comprehend what MN means despite the fact that we all have to manually
> type MN in the state field as no amount of mouse clicking is going to make
> MINNESOTA fit into a 2 position field!  Another favorite was the guy in MA
> sending his name as BAMBI.  Needed lots of AGNs to get that one right.
> Finally, for those using the first name of AL, don't!  Use ALLEN or ALAN,
> but please not ALFONSO!
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C"<jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "RTTY Reflector"<rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: February 27, 2011 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Three lessons from NAQP
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C
> <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>  wrote:
>
> I forgot one:
>
> 4.  Use the standard 2-letter postal abbreviation for your state or
> province.  Don't spell it out, and don't put punctuation after it!
> One station sent something like:
>
>      <name>  SS.<name>  SS,
>
> so there was no way to click on the state abbreviation (SS) and *not*
> get the period or comma along with it, at least in WriteLog.
>
> I won't even get started about the guy who separated the two copies of
> his exchange with:
>
>      <space><hyphen><space>
>
> Talk about overkill!
>

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