[RTTY] Suggestions for RTTY RU

[Arpad]

When calling CQ please print CQ after your call sign !!
example: CQ CQ RU TEST DE YT2U YT2U CQ

On 02-Jan-11 19:57, Jerry Flanders wrote:
> Hi Dick
>
> Thanks for the reminder and tips. Let me add one additional tip: Many
> of us think the "DE" is not necessary, and can even be confusing when
> copy is difficult because DE = DELAWARE.  I haven't sent a DE in
> years in a RTTY contest, and have had no problems because of it.
>
> The worst case occurs with an exchange such as 599 ME DE W1xyz.
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
>
> At 02:27 PM 1/2/2011, DickT-W0RAA wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> Well, it's that time of the year and I hope everybody is getting ready for
>> the ARRL RTTY Roundup Contest on January 8&  9.
>>
>> I'd like to make a couple suggestions or so:
>>
>> 1.  Please DO NOT use CUT NUMBERS in the Contest!
>>
>> 2.  Send 599, NOT 5NN or TOO!
>> You're not saving any time with cut numbers and in RTTY they are totally not
>> necessary.
>>
>> 3.  It's not necessary to send "Hi 'name', nice to hear u. Ur 599 in
>> 'state/prov'.  Everybody knows their own name.  I know it's just a friendly
>> gesture, but not necessary, and besides, you're wasting the time of the
>> station you are communicating with at the time.  A simple TU 599
>> 'state/prov' is all that's needed.  (All you'll get from me when I send my
>> report is "URCALL TU 599 CO CO de W0RAA".  Add ur own call or the other
>> stations call at the end if you like.  I prefer to use my own call.  But
>> again, probably not necessary.
>>
>> These are just suggestions to hopefully speed things along in the contest.
>> Being cordial is OK, but let's just do it after the contest.
>>
>> Oops, I almost forgot...
>>
>> 4.  Be sure to send your cabrillo files to logs at supercheckpartial.com when
>> you submit your score for the contest.  It gets your call in the data base
>> for future contests.
>>
>> Other than that, I hope to hear many of you again this year.  My beam came
>> down in a fierce wind storm we had here in Colorado Springs on Dec. 3, 2010,
>> so I'll be in the RTTY RU, just not as loud as I'd like to be.  I'll be
>> using my Butternut HF-9V instead of the HyGain tri-bander.  I'm going to be
>> putting up another tower and the hole is dug for it, but the nights have
>> been cold here.  Waiting for a little warm-up to have the concrete poured.
>> The beam will be a Cushcraft A3S and it will be on a Hazer2 Tram system for
>> raising and lowering the beam&  rotor.  My rotor, a Ham V was not damaged in
>> the tower fall.  Thank Heavens for ARRL insurance.  I got a settlement from
>> them within 2 weeks and only had a $50 deductible.  My homeowners insurance
>> would have covered it, but the deductible would have been $1000.  Ouch.  I
>> hope to have it up in time for the CQ WW WPX RTTY in February, with any
>> cooperation at all from our weather gods.
>>
>> See you all next weekend, I hope.  And good luck in the RTTY RU.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dick
>> W0RAA

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