[RTTY] Macros again

Gedking at aol.com Gedking at aol.com
Fri Feb 17 05:58:30 PST 2012


If U get in a hurry and don't put the call in the logging slot it will send 
 the last call worked
make sure the call u are calling is in the logging slot
Been there done that!
ED K8OT
 
 
In a message dated 2/17/2012 04:05:01 Eastern Standard Time,  
ska at bartg.org.uk writes:

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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