[RTTY] Come on, Why bother?

[Don AA5AU]

I like seeing HI DON because sometimes if copy is marginal and I do see my call 
clearly (when I'm S&P), when I see HI DON then I know the report is for me.  I 
support using the HI file even though I don't use it.  Many times I see AA5AQ, 
AA9AU, and all kinds of variations where a bit gets missed and seeing DON 
confirms it's probably me!

I think a lot of people have a misperception of me.  I'm not always out to win, 
break records, etc.  I am just thankful that I am able to paricipate in contests 
and am in it mainly for the fun.  I don't care what people send me in the 
exchange just as long as they call me.  Although I had one station send me three 
lines and I wondered why.  But it was OK.  He DID make it in the log!

Don AA5AU



----- Original Message ----
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
To: rtty at contesting.com
Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 3:12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Come on, Why bother?

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Tue, 11 Jan 2011 10:48:26 -0800, Kok Chen <chen at mac.com> wrote:

>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 :-)

REPLY:

Don once stated he does NOT like receiving "HI DON" during a contest. I
used to use the friend.ini file but gave it up after reading his
comment. 

73, Bill W6WRT
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