[RTTY] Take Two RTTY Exchange

[Jerry Flanders]

CA, LA, VA, CO,... if you don't repeat it you are taking an unknown 
level of risk. Generally, if I get only one CA I will ask for a 
repeat unless sigs are very strong or other guys are calling. Slows 
everybody down.

The only way I can be _sure_ I have it right is to see it 3 times. If 
two out of three agree, I probably have it.

Generally, I send three. The additional time is of no consequence. 
But my max rates are usually less than 100.

Jerry W4UK

At 07:32 PM 1/13/2012, Hank Garretson wrote:
>An additional thought.
>
>My exchange for RTTY Roundup was 599 CA.
>
>With 1250 contacts, I got request for state repeat only four times. I
>haven't run the math, but I'm pretty sure that I came out ahead.
>
>My suggestion. If you have a reasonable signal, you are reasonably well
>know, and you are a six actually in California, 599 CA works better than
>599 CA CA.
>
>If you are a Canadian, there is no ambiguity at all. Your call sign gives
>your location and repeating BC or ON or whatever twice is a waste of time.
>
>Of course for both Californian and Canadian cases, have a dedicated macro
>key for your location just in case. In my case, I only used it four times.
>
>For CQWW RTTY, 599 3 CA works great for me.
>
>Repeating 599 is always a total waste of time.
>
>
>Contest Exuberantly,
>
>Hank, W6SX
>
>Mammoth Lakes, California
>
>Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
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