[RTTY] Contesting too long?

[Ken Anderson, N0AS]

I'm not a serious rtty contester, I just diddle a bit. 


Ken
Amateur Radio Callsign: N0AS

Irritating nearly everyone since 1956.

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On Oct 18, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> It occurs to me that some of us have been RTTY contesting a long time, 
> perhaps TOO long.
> 
> Here's a little test you can take to see if you are one of those:
> 
> 1. Your cell phone ring tone is CQ TEST in Baudot.
> 
> 2.  Your annual hearing test shows a significant peak at 2125 and 2295 
> Hz. The doctor has never seen anything like it.
> 
> 3.  You do your text messaging at 45 baud. Plenty fast enough, you think.
> 
> 4.  You know exactly what TOOAWT means.
> 
> 5.  You believe the greatest intellects in history are Socrates, 
> Einstein and Baudot.
> 
> 6.  You visit Makoto Mori's hometown and are appalled to find there is 
> no shrine. You form a committee.
> 
> 7.  The hyphen is your mortal enemy.
> 
> 8.  You petition your congressman to make USOS mandatory. For some 
> reason he does not return your calls.
> 
> 9.  You can't remember your wife's birthday but you know the Roundup is 
> the first full weekend in January.
> 
> and most telling of all
> 
> 10. Your children are named Mark and Space.
> 
> :-)
> 
> 73, Bill W6WRT
> 
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