[RTTY] Contest exchanges:Adding their call

[Larry]

I find that the percentage can be far less than 99 percent often
for any number of reasons. The trick is figuring out when the
call at the end is not needed. As the sender you won't know
and there is not a good way for me at the other end to tell you
since I may not know either.

For example, I hear you in the clear, call you, but when you
respond your signal is clobbered by other stations or drops
out due to QSB, QRN, etc and I only know you returned my
call by the call at the end. In the recent RU it happened that
way to me often.

When I operate as DX it is helpful to include the other station's
call at the end. My signal often gets clobbered by those not
following the up directive and the second call instance gives the
other station a better chance of knowing I called.

73, Larry  W6NWS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hank Garretson" <w6sx at arrl.net>
To: <RTTY at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Contest exchanges:Adding their call


> On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 1:57 PM, David Levine 
> <david at levinecentral.com>wrote:
>
> Mike,I do it too as my base macro. In good conditions and not a lot of
>> stations
>> calling, it's a little overkill, but I sure appreciate it when it's sent 
>> to
>> me.
>>
>
>
> Some comments:
>
> 1. When S&P, ninety-nine percent of the time it is a waste of time to send
> other guy's call at both beginning and end of your S&P exchange. At the
> beginning is good enough. Indeed, for S&P, one can often speed up the QSO
> by just sending 599 CA with no call at all.
>
> 2. When running, the other guy's call at the end can be useful, but not 
> all
> the time.
>
> I gently suggest that base macro for running have call only at beginning,
> and base macro for S&P have no call, either beginning or end. Instead
> program a function key with the other guy's call. Most of the time, you 
> can
> use your base macros. When conditions warrant, use the his-call macro key
> to insert other guy's call as conditions dictate.
>
> 73,
>
> Hank, W6SX
>
> Mammoth Lakes, California
>
> Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
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