[RTTY] Dropped last character in transmission during RTTYRoundup

[iain macdonnell - N6ML]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 8:48 AM, Jim Hargrave <w5ifp at gvtc.com> wrote:
>  > 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
>
> Hi Don,
>
> This has been one of my complaints for a long time. I have
> adopted a policy of not even responding to them.
> Some folks just don't get the message.

How do you expect someone to get a message if you don't send one??

If it bothers you that much, program a macro to send a quick hint "PSE
INCLUDE A SPACE BEFORE AND AFTER YOUR CALLSIGN" .. or make a note of
the call, and email them later ... but ignoring them doesn't seem
useful to anyone....

    ~iain / N6ML






> Same applies for name, QTH and Gridsquares. They
> all need spaces before/after. Completely negates auto capture.
>
>    73s de Jim
>       W5IFP
>
>
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com]On
>  > Behalf Of Don AA5AU
>  > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 10:26 AM
>  > To: RTTY Reflector
>  > Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dropped last character in transmission during
>  > RTTYRoundup
>  >
>  >
>  > 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
>  > >Subject: [RTTY] Dropped last character in transmission during
>  > RTTY Roundup
>  > >
>  > >Didn't notice this mentioned this week, but in my few hours
>  > operating the
>  > >RTTY Roundup on Sat & Sun I noticed what seemed to be a few
>  > operators that
>  > >were plenty loud, but the last character of each line of their
>  > macro they
>  > >were sending was dropped. When I noticed it, I listened
>  > (watched) a couple
>  > >of exchanges and it was every single line that the operator
>  > would send. I
>  > >then noticed it a few more times with different operators over
>  > the course
>  > >of the weekend. It wasn't that their amp cut out so the last
>  > character was
>  > >sent "barefoot" but it just wasn't sending.
>  > >
>  > >With it being noticeable to me in the short time I operated, I was
>  > >wondering if anyone else noticed? And was there some systemic
>  > problem in a
>  > >recently updated version of some popular logging program that
>  > was causing
>  > >it? I never noticed it before this weekend.
>  > >
>  > >73,
>  > >K2DSL - David
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