[RTTY] Macros again

[John GW4SKA]

I get a few who are definitely working me but have a totally different call 
in their computer. Maybe the last station they called didn't answer, so they 
moved on but forgot to wipe the call. It is important that they log your 
call. The log checking process is simple with this; if your call isn't in 
there, you are 'not in log' and lose that contact and the points.

If this happens and I am not too busy, I will send something like 'CALL IS 
GW4SKA GW4SKA QSL?'
If there are other stations calling,  I send 'DE GW4SKA GW4SKA' before the 
'QSL QRZ'.

There will always be times when you don't have the right macro to send. It's 
quicker to just use the keyboard and ask the question, send the answer, 
whatever. Maybe the contact takes a few seconds longer but you do have the 
points.

73, John GW4SKA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <john at kk9a.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Macros again


>I try to also operate efficiently using the same format as Ed,  except I
> omit the ending CQ on SSB and CW (as I am sure he does) and in heavy rate
> situations I also omit the TU.   I can't control what other people send 
> and
> I am happy that they are working me, however, I have noticed something on
> RTTY that I haven't seen on any other mode.  Stations occasionally send a
> callsign <his call> that is totally different than mine when working me.
> Sometimes it is the call sign of the last station that I worked and
> sometimes it is some other random callsign, perhaps the last person that
> they worked  My guess is they have not entered my callsign yet in into 
> their
> logging software and they just get confused who is running on the 
> frequency.
> I know that they are working me and not working someone else on my
> frequency.  I do send CQ after my callsign on RTTY so I don't understand 
> the
> confusion or know how to handle it.  Usually I work them and hope that 
> they
> straighten out their log afterwards.  I'm not sure how the log checking
> process handles this if they enter the callsign of my previous contact
> instead of mine.  One problem with having <his call> in a macro is that 
> you
> need the call before you can work him.  I sometimes work stations before
> knowing or entering their full callsign.
>
> John KK9A / P40A
>
>
> To: <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Macros again
> From: "Ed Muns" <ed at w0yk.com>
> Reply-to: ed at w0yk.com
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:29:22 -0800
>
> The other station's call sign has already been sent with your exchange.  I
> seldom send the other station's call sign again in my QSL message.  I
> typically send the same thing that I, and most everyone, sends on CW or 
> SSB:
>
> TU W0YK CQ
>
> If I sense there might be confusion, then I pre-pend this message with the
> <his call> message, but this is very rare.  Sure, there is always
> possibility for confusion, but my error rate and dupe rate clearly 
> indicate
> that it is unnecessary to send the other station's call sign in every QSL
> message.
>
> Ed - W0YK
>
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