[RTTY] Take Two RTTY Exchange

[Ken Alexander]

Hi Gary,

I never understood how the decision was made to let hams take their 
calls with them when they move to a different call district.  Was it an 
admission the FCC didn't have resources to administer the re-assigning 
of calls as people moved, or was their a great clamouring from hams to 
be able to do this, for whatever reason?

It's a total mess, especially at times like when you're trying for some 
new grids in California on 6m.  You get a W6 and then find out he lives 
in another state.

73,

Ken Alexander
VE3HLS


On 14/01/2012 11:29 PM, Gary AL9A wrote:
> Bob,
>
> With a Zero in the call you could also be any of the other 40 contiguous
> lower 48 states outside Zero-land for that matter!  Thank you FCC for making
> life simple, for YOU!
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Chudek - K0RC"<k0rc at citlink.net>
> To:<rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: January 14, 2012 1:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Take Two RTTY Exchange
>
>
> Well, see, there's a problem with Zero-land... I could be in ND, SD, NE,
> CO, KS, MO, IA or MN. So that doesn't work for me. I have to send a
> subliminal thought with every message I sign.
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> On 1/13/2012 6:32 PM, 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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