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

[Mike]

Hello Shelby,

You are right, I believe we missed each other in this Contest.

Regarding the "599", I received "559" a couple of times.  Logged the
received RST as 559.  Wondering if the log he(they) sends in will list the
sent RST as 559?  The RST was definitely 559 as made sure the signal was
solid copy before making the change to the log.  Will be interesting to find
out what the log checking program has to say regarding the unusual RST
value.

Hope you and your family have a healthy and prosperous 2011, Shelby.

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Shelby Summerville <k4ww at arrl.net> wrote:

> "Case in point, an RST is a required field in some contest exchanges and a
> message without it is incomplete."
>
> No disagreement, from me, and it is part of the exchange in Roundup. Since
> most logging programs have 599 as a default, I doubt very seriously if
> anyone has ever lost a contact, by the log checkers with anything other
> than
> that? Am I to believe that anyone is going to change the default RST, if
> they receive something else? When contest sponsors use "it makes no
> difference what number is sent, as long as it is the same for the duration
> of the contest" in relation to "the last 2 digits of the year of first
> license for either the operator or the station" in ARRL Sweepstakes, or
> when
> a name with an "O" in it is sent with a "0" is sent, as part of the
> exchange, the explanation is "it is what was meant to be communicated,
> rather than what was communicated", I'm not sure about what is correct or
> what is incorrect?
> I'm also curious as to what difference it makes, other than disrupting a
> rhythm, how someone sends their exchange to you? Be grateful that they
> called you, log their exchange, send yours to them, make sure they received
> it, and move on. I get far more frustrated at the "newbie" SO2R operators
> making me wait, while they complete a contact on the other radio! What
> difference, other than being politically correct, if a station sends QRZ or
> CQ. Either one lets you know that they are ready to receive a call? If they
> are looking for a repeat, they will probably send "agn"? I didn't pay
> attention to what P49X, or K4GMH (not even sure I worked Mike) were
> sending,
> but it seemed pretty successful, to me?
> Is anyone naive enough to think that everyone will operate exactly as you
> want them to? Why inundate the reflector with meaningless opinions, that
> probably 99% of the subscribers couldn't care less about? If you want to
> help someone, that you think is not operating properly, make a note of
> their
> operating style, send them a courteous and helpful email. Not only will it
> help them become better operators, you will be surprised at the positive
> responses.
> Being snowed in has it's advantages, as I didn't come home to 100+ useless
> emails from this reflector! Most of the comments I have read, especially
> concerning operating style, could have been placed in the soapbox section
> of
> the 3830 score posting  http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/  and been
> available for all, not just the reflector subscribers, to read?
> Can we all agree, to disagree, agreeably?
>
> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
>
>
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   73,
   Mike, K4GMH