[RTTY] (no subject)

[Richard Cariello]

Bill W6WRT,
I am just getting back into RTTY myself and greatly enjoying the mode. 

I am wondering why you are signing as the other station:

ME:    K1XX 599 <EXCH> <EXCH> K1XX

I would use:

ME:    k1xx 599 <exch> <exch> w6wrt (your callsign)

If conditions are bad then double the callsigns as needed to make the QSO.

Rich AA2MF


On Jan 16, 2012, at 7:39 AM, Duane Budd wrote:

> Bill said:
> 
> "When I'm running, I want to verify two things from the calling station:
> 
> 1. He's working me and not another station on the frequency that I can't
> hear.
> 
> and
> 
> 2. That he has my callsign correct.
> 
> Unless the calling station sends my call at some point, how would I verify
> the above?
> 
> Here's how I like it when I'm running:
> 
> ME:    CQ TEST W6WRT W6WRT CQ
> HIM:    K1XX K1XX K1XX (or only twice if condx good, never just once)
> ME:    K1XX 599 <EXCH> <EXCH> K1XX
> HIM:    W6WRT 599 <EXCH> <EXCH> K1XX
> ME:    K1XX TU W6WRT CQ
> 
> There is some redundancy in the above, but during a busy contest when often
> there are several stations on the same frequency, some redundancy is a
> necessity, IMO. Otherwise you are likely to log the wrong station.
> 
> 73, Bill W6WRT"
> 
> And that is exactly the way I do it and for the same reasons.
> 
> While I am not a pro like AA5AU, I enjoy RTTY contesting and it has become
> my favorite operating joy...
> 
> Budd, W5BEN
> dcbudd at embarqmail.com
> Johnson City, TN
> 
> 
> 
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