[RTTY] Tip for Thursday Night NS RTTY

[W6SX Hank Garretson]

A tip for hams just getting started with sprinting.

Sprint rules say if you call CQ, you are allowed to work only one 
station and then you must move at least 1 kHz. This rule is the 
beauty of sprinting. You can't sit on a frequency and run stations. 
It's a great contest playing-field leveler. Even if your signal is 
strong enough to peel the bark off a tree, you can only work one 
station per CQ and then you must QSY.

Here's the tip. Call CQ, work someone, move at least 1 kHz, call CQ, 
work someone, move at least 1 kHz, repeat until contest ends.

Don't worry about trying to answer CQs. Just call CQ. Using this 
technique, you'll work a bunch of people, and you won't be banging 
your head against a brick wall trying to beat out other people answering CQs.

Nothing wrong with answering CQs, but it can be frustrating. Try just 
CQing and see how it goes.


The first rule of contesting is to have fun--Contest Exuberantly!

73,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light