[RTTY] Dropped last character in transmission during RTTY Roundup

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one thing I saw a lot less of was ......................... before each transmission, still saw a few guys that want to send the exchange first, before their call,  TU UR 5NN %NN TN DE K4ABC, but even that seemed less.....but aren't we really preaching to the choir? Most subscribers here follow the "accepted" protocol.....

On 1/11/2012 11:26:19 AM, Don AA5AU (aa5au at bellsouth.net) wrote:
> I
> didn't notice this at all, but there could be at least one explanation for some of this.
> 
> SO2R operators will purposely cut off their transmission in order to transmit on the other radio.  I do this constantly.  If you watch me CQ, you might find me dropping my signal at any time during the message because I don't
> believe it making anyone wait on the other radio for my report.  Well,
> someone always has to wait a second or two if there are QSOs occurring on
> both radios at the same time, but I try to keep the delay at a bare
> minimum.  RTTY SO2R is at an all-time high right now.
> 
> 
> What I did see was people not putting a space at the end of your messages
> so someone would send CQ and I
> couldn't get their callsign:
> 
> CQ RU W1XYZRUVMXOONFEONB
> 
> So I didn't
> know if it was W1XY or W1XYZ if they
> weren't in the SCP file.  Overall, I thought everyone was pretty good and the quality of operators is at an all-time high. Probably saw a lot of other stuff too but don't
> remember them.
> 
> 73, Don AA5AU
> 
> 
> >________________________________
> > From: David Levine <david at levinecentral.com>
> >To: RTTY Reflector <rtty at contesting.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 9:50 AM%0