[RTTY] BARTG COMMENTS

[NQ4S - Delbert]

Bingo!  I'm running 100W into an attic loop and only do S&P which causes me
to use what is probably an overly long report macro.  I have a 2xCALL and
3xCALL macro for calling and my main report macro is:

{ENTER}{CALL} TU 0{EXCH} 0{EXCH} 0{EXCH} {MYCALL} K   <with a trailing
space>

The major elements are:
1) Move to a new line to avoid any wraps if there is garbage on screen
2) Callsign which gives my radio a chance to come up to full power (takes
about 1/2 to 1 sec)
3) Exchange sent THREE times so if one corrupts there is still two out of
three
4) My callsign as that is a rule when ending a transmission
5) "K" - why do people always do this?  Just following the herd here
6) Trailing space
I very rarely get asked for a repeat.

My biggest complaint is a running station which doesn't send their call
atleast once with every exchange.  There are times I've had to listen to the
station through several exchanges before I was sure of their call and
sequence number.  A number of times I just gave up and kept on tuning to
find a better target.

Delbert, NQ4S
 http://nq4s.stuffofinterest.com/

On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Jeff Blaine <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Your capability to push out a strong signal should be a factor in this
> discussion...
>
> If you are in S&P, using a G5RV at 20' and 100W on 80m, then it will
> probably pay strong returns to use a longer response - because
> that will cut down on the run station having to ask you to repeat.  You
> just cannot assume that he had good copy the first time.
> Here I am assuming the run station is being copied without error on your
> end (if not, the issue goes both ways - but for a run
> station, you as the S&P have the repeated chance to get his call right when
> you are setting up to work the guy).  This particular
> issue is really a problem - especially if the S&P sends the exchange only
> one time, and somehow has missed the magic of using
> trailing or leading spaces - making a marginal situation worse.
>
> On the other hand, if you are sitting on 3 elements at 180' with a KW
> heating up the yagi, then you can probably make a safe
> assumption that the run station is going to copy you very well - and even
> if you are only sending the NR a time or two, it's a
> pretty good bet that your signal strength alone provides some added
> differentiation with the other stations which will help the run.
> Even in this case, a trailing space is a winner.
>
> This is not specific to BARTG - it's applicable to all the contests.
>
> 73, Jeff ACØC
> www.ac0c.com
>
>