[RTTY] Take Two RTTY Exchange

[Gary AL9A]

Don,

Sounds like your friend Eddie and I are kindred spirits!  My XYL was 
wondering why I was muttering at the radio, "I thought you didn't have to 
talk in this contest?"

73,
Gary AL9A


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
To: "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: January 15, 2012 7:14 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Take Two RTTY Exchange


> Sorry I haven't fully followed this thread, but was reminded of my old 
> friend Eddie, G0AZT, with whom I had the pleasure of working
> Multi-Single in CQWW RTTY with as V2/G0AZT in 1991 and P40RY in 1992. 
> Eddie constantly screamed at the radio "WHY ARE YOU SENDING
> MY @#$%^&* CALL WHEN I ALREADY KNOW WHAT MY BLOODY CALL IS!!!"  He was 
> dead on.  When S&P, there is no reason you should ever have
> to send the callsign of the run station you are working.  Slows everyone 
> down.  I'm not complaining, just stating the fact.  Eddie
> was ahead of his time.  I miss him.
>
> Just my .02 worth.
>
> 73, Don AA5AU
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On 
> Behalf Of Hank Garretson
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 9:20 PM
> To: RTTY Reflector
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Take Two RTTY Exchange
>
> Hee hee. I swatted a hornets nest with this one. Good discussion.
>
>> 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.
>>
>> But how do you know your "CA" wasn't garbled into CO, IA, CT, MA or
>> whatever?
>>
>
> I don't for sure. But I made 623 contacts in the 2011 Roundup. My Log 
> Check
> Report says I lost 4 Qs because I copied the other guys' calls 
> incorrectly.
> I lost 5 Qs because I copied the other guys' exchanges incorrectly. And, I
> lost 2 QSOs because I wasn't in the other guys' logs.
>
> My LCR says only two blokes copied my exchange incorrectly:
>
> 14081 RY 2011-01-08 2353 XXXX            NV W6SX            VA  should be 
> CA
> 7053 RY 2011-01-09 0044 XXXX            NJ W6SX            VA  should be 
> CA
>
> The Nevada station is a friend, so I suspect he just mistyped or was
> watching football while contesting.
>
> W6SX sending 599 CA apparently resulted in two guys who submitted logs
> miscopying my state. That's considerably less than the eleven contacts I
> lost because of my errors.
>
> *The first rule of contesting is to have fun!*
>
> 73,
>
> Hank, W6SX
>
> Mammoth Lakes, California
>
> Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
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