[RTTY] Three lessons from NAQP

[Dave Kalter]

Gary, BAMBI had a similar effect on me!
I think I even sent 88's...oh my...Gordon..that just aint right hi hi. But at least we got the name right!
73

Dave Kalter
KB8OCP
Vice President Southwest Ohio DX Association 

From: Gary AL9A <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: rtty at contesting.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Three lessons from NAQP

Gordon,

I can understand the confusion over using different names in  Multi-2 
situation.  I've run across that myself from time to time.  Maybe it's just 
the way my brain is wired, but when I see BAMBI printed on the screen my 
mind strays off into images of sandy beaches, cold beer and hot blondes. 
When you live all winter long with Alaska's long nights that's easy to do! 
Maybe a simple JOE would do the trick.  It's shorter and somehow I don't see 
myself fantasizing about being on a warm beach with JOE.

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon LaPoint" <n1mgo1 at verizon.net>
To: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>; <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: March 01, 2011 2:02 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Three lessons from NAQP


> 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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