[RTTY] Dupes how to handle

Larry lknain at nc.rr.com
Mon Feb 13 15:37:11 PST 2012


Some of this duplicate QSO stuff is not limited to contests. I heard
several occasions during the recent HK0NA expedition, for example,
where the same stations were worked more than three times in less than
half an hour on the same band/mode slot. I noticed the same behavior
several times from a few stations last year when I operated from XV.

Personally, I just work the dupe as it is usually faster than trying to 
explain
a dupe. I have never had to resort to what I heard HK0NA do a few times:
"xxxxxx YOU ARE IN THE LOG".

73, Larry  W6NWS

(Look for me a XV2W from 23 March to 12 June 2012 - CW, RTTY, SSB.)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary AL9A" <al9a at mtaonline.net>
To: "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc at nwtcc.com>; "'RTTY Reflector'" 
<rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle


>I had one fellow work me and give me his number 2.  Within fifteen minutes
> he was back and called multiple times.  Despite my telling him he was a 
> DUPE
> he persisted in calling over and over.  Out of frustration I worked him
> again.  He gave me his number 4!  What can I say?
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc at nwtcc.com>
> To: "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: February 13, 2012 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle
>
>
>> This is really hard to take sometimes. I had a dupe rate of 1.7% - in 
>> this
>> day and age of computer logging, this seems WAY too high. There was one 
>> K4
>> who was about to get on my last nerve who was a dupe TWICE on one band !
>> And
>> I took the time to type him and tell him he was a dupe AGAIN ! One G3 was
>> quite apologetic about being a dupe and others figured it out but only
>> after
>> I called them and they disappeared. If more than one is calling and one 
>> is
>> a
>> dupe, I try to ignore them, but if they're persistent, I go ahead and 
>> work
>> them - they may have gotten, or I may have gotten, a call wrong the first
>> time.
>>
>> 73, Jamie
>> WB4YDL
>>
>
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