[RTTY] Three lessons from NAQP

[Gordon LaPoint]

Gary,
    We use "Bambi" because using our names was too confusing!   We always run Multi-2, 
and the rules state that you can send each operators name, as they operate.  When we 
tried that we got people telling us that we were "Charlie" or "Gordon" , not what we had 
just sent.  We were operating from a hunting camp in  the green mts. of VT then so we 
switched to one name, "Bambi" and have been Bambi for years now!  Very well known by lots 
of RTTY operators as Bambi.

The "Bambi" team, Gordon - N1MGO, Charlie - KT1I, Ray- KB1LRL, Pauline - KB1JXJ, and 
others some years!

Thanks for all the contacts over the years!

What would you suggest we use as a name?

Gordon - N1MGO


On 28 Feb 2011 at 9:37, Gary AL9A wrote:

> If you want to talk about overkill, then you needed to work the guy who sent 
> his state as MINNESOTA.  I guess he figures everyone out there is too dumb 
> to comprehend what MN means despite the fact that we all have to manually 
> type MN in the state field as no amount of mouse clicking is going to make 
> MINNESOTA fit into a 2 position field!  Another favorite was the guy in MA 
> sending his name as BAMBI.  Needed lots of AGNs to get that one right. 
> Finally, for those using the first name of AL, don't!  Use ALLEN or ALAN, 
> but please not ALFONSO!
> 
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Reisert AD1C" <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
> To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: February 27, 2011 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Three lessons from NAQP
> 
> 
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C
> <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> 
> I forgot one:
> 
> 4.  Use the standard 2-letter postal abbreviation for your state or
> province.  Don't spell it out, and don't put punctuation after it!
> One station sent something like:
> 
>     <name> SS. <name> SS,
> 
> so there was no way to click on the state abbreviation (SS) and *not*
> get the period or comma along with it, at least in WriteLog.
> 
> I won't even get started about the guy who separated the two copies of
> his exchange with:
> 
>     <space><hyphen><space>
> 
> Talk about overkill!
> 
> -- 
> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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