[RTTY] Repeats: State vs Province vs QTH ...

[Peter Laws]

So I don't get something.  If time is of no issue, then why not
rag-chew with each station?

I see these contests as ... contests, in which the object is to work
as many stations as possible.  *I* may not feel that way about every
contest, but others do, so in both cases, I need to make my exchange
as efficient as possible.  Why *wouldn't* I do that?  If not for me,
then for the other guy that is trying to win?

I did see one station who obviously did not care to be as efficient as
possible: "73 AND GOOD LUCK IN THE CONTEST".  I mean, come on.  Why
bother?

Peter

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 09:13, WS7I <ws7ik7tj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bingo, Hank.
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Hank Garretson <w6sx at arrl.net> wrote:
>
>> Come on everybody.  You can be sure he isn't asking for RST repeat.  Just
>> as
>> there is no reason to send 599 more than once in an exchange, there is no
>> reason to send 599 when asked for a repeat of any kind.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Hank, W6SX
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Peter Laws <plaws at plaws.net> wrote:
>>
>> > On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 17:05, Jerry Flanders <jeflanders at comcast.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Me too, but I just use AGN AGN. I don't see the need to make it into
>> > > a question and nobody has ever misunderstood AFAIK.
>> >
>> >
>> > If I need to know the other guy's state and I send "AGN AGN", I'll get
>> > his whole exchange.  I don't need his whole exchange, I need his state
>> > (or name or time or whatever is appropriate for the contest at hand).
>> > EXCH? might be a good generic but that's even more chars.
>> >
>> > If I need it ALL again, I send "AGN AGN".
>> >
>> > Works the other way around, too.  If I get "ST?" or "QTH?" I send my
>> > state 5 times.  If I get "AGN AGN" I send it all again.
>> >
>> > Wastes time and effort otherwise.
>> >
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