[RTTY] Come on, Why bother?

[Kok Chen]

On Jan 11, 2011, at 1/11    8:01 AM, Bill wrote:

>> 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?
> Yes, WHY BOTHER BEING POLITE AND GENTLEMANLY/GENTLEWOMANLY???
>
> HEAVEN FORBID WE RTTY TYPES STOP TO BEING COURTEOUS...
>
> I sure hope I don't begin to resent someone wishing me luck!

The nicest thing I have found about the RTTY Roundup over the years is  
that it is not always a dog-eat-dog world.

For this year, I remember VP9/WW3S, KF7P and KK5OQ going into keyboard  
mode to send a moderately long message which I then went into keyboard  
mode to respond to.

Others like AA5AU sent a shorter personalized message, so I didn't  
interrupt their flow. (I always feel guilty interrupting Don from his  
constant record breaking :-)

I have always viewed the Roundup as a once a year chance to find all  
the familiar callsigns again.  You can never tell if they are no  
longer there the next year.  Hams are older than the general  
population, RTTY hams are even older.  Even during this Roundup, I  
expected to print a CQ from W2JGR.

73
Chen, W7AY