[RTTY] Dupes how to handle

[John GW4SKA]

AFC is an evil device that should be banished from the screen! Far better to 
net properly.

Another reason for off frequency calls is clicking on spots then not 
listening. Spots are usually going to be a bit off, often way off. At times 
I could tell that someone had spotted me when I got a run of stations 
calling, all off by the same amount.

2 suggestions for everyone who uses spots:
1)    Check that the frequency you put up is correct. If you just click from 
contest software, make sure that the frequency offset is correct in your 
software set-up.
2)    Remember the difference between your rig frequency display and the 
actual spot frequency. This help a lot with finding weak DX stations.

When I call a station from a stack they get one report sent. If nothing 
comes back I move on. Usually they come back again within a short time. Bill 
W6WRT has a good view on this and I don't have any problem if someone has 
moved on. When running S+P, if I call a station and get no reply I will move 
that slot to my second display and move on. I can then see if they call me 
later and answer if I am free.

Great to see another EI in the log,

73, John GW4SKA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "trevor dunne" <trevor_dunne at yahoo.com>
To: "Alejandro V. XE1EE" <xe1ee at telmexmail.com>; "RTTY-reflektorn" 
<rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle


Two items that bugged me during the contest when I was runnig were

1. Stations calling very much off my freq, I use a Icom 756 pro2 in FSK/RTTY 
mode, with the filter at 250hz and some stations were over 100hz off from 
me. It was a constant job adjusting the RIT to tune in some stations.

2. When 2 or 3 stations call, I would stack there calls in N1MM so that once 
I finished with the 1st I would go WXXX TU NOW KXXX ur 599 XXXX XXXX and so 
on, but the amount of times the 2nd station didn't respond, I guess EI2 was 
not rare enough to hang around 20 seconds for,

I had no problems with QRM as the Filters are very sharp on the Pro. Have to 
say that N1MM is a great tool this was my 2nd big contest with it and I have 
still a lot to learn but I can't see myself ever trying to do ASFK again.

Thanks
Trevor
EI2GLB


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From: Alejandro V. XE1EE <xe1ee at telmexmail.com>
To: trevor dunne <trevor_dunne at yahoo.com>; RTTY-reflektorn 
<rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, 13 February 2012, 22:33
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle

Hello Trevor

Well, I have a macro who checks the call against the current contest log, if 
it is a dupe sends Call QSO B4 XE1EE QRZ, if not just sends the serial 
number and I keep going, I never work dupes.

By the way.. you where here 5/9 (on 15 meters) and never heard me :( and I 
was running 300 watts.

Here's the macro I use (on Writelog)

%R%C %BQSO B4%RXE1EE QRZ%E%B 599 %N3 %N3%E

73!

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From: "trevor dunne" <trevor_dunne at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2012 10:02 AM
To: "RTTY-reflektorn" <rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle

> Whats the correct procedure to handle dupe in any contest but mainly WPX 
> RTTY
>
> I have a few QSO's that I thought were good but the other station called 
> me again and when I said QSO B4, I wasn't in there log,
>
> Do I just delete the first bad QSO and log the 2nd one ???
>
> How does that affect my serial number count as there will be missing QSO's 
> in the log ???
>
>
> Thanks
> Trevor
> EI2GLB
>
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