[RTTY] The Case for QYF (was We Need a New Strategy)

[W8AEF]

A band scope reveals the RTTY pileup on 7O6T covers 1 to 10 KHz up, solid. 
Forget about finding a clear frequency because there isn't one.

When I am operating RTTY from a DX location I want callers to call 3 times, 
wait 1-2 seconds and repeat.  (Don't wait 5-10 seconds)

It is very frustrating to get a station tuned in just in time to get their 
last letter, then wait, and wait, and wait, for him/her to call again so I 
can get the whole call.

The strongest signal will prevail.

Transmit on the wrong vfo?  Oops, we have all done that.  In the future we 
will have a humongously big full period talk circuit via the internet where 
the oops station can be reminded of the wrong vfo, not on the DX calling 
frequency.

This would cut down on most of the jamming.  Snipping coax comes to mind for 
the rest.

de Paul, W8AEF

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Turner
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:06 AM
To: RTTYReflector
Subject: [RTTY] The Case for QYF (was We Need a New Strategy)

Chen has good points below, but there are good counter-points too. I call 
this style of operating QYF, meaning "answer my CQ on a different frequency 
and I will work you there".  YF = Your Frequency


1. Chen says not everyone has two receivers. Well, you don't need two 
receivers, just VFO A and VFO B. Use VFO A on his CQ frequency and call him 
(and listen for him) on VFO B. This is NOT split - just simplex on VFO B and 
you can do it even with ancient equipment without dual VFOs. Just turn the 
knob as needed.


2. Chen worries that you don't know when to stop calling. You stop calling 
when he works you or you give up. Just like now.


3.  One HUGE advantage to operating QYF is it encourages everyone to find a 
clear frequency to call the DX instead of piling up on the frequency of the 
last station. Think about this from the DX point of view - everyone will be 
spread out instead of a hundred stations on one frequency!  Because you are 
listening on your own transmit frequency, you are MUCH less likely to QRM 
another station and vice versa. The way it is now, most stations call 
blindly because they are not listening on their own frequency. That would 
change.


4. But perhaps the BIGGEST advantage is that QYF foils the jammers and the 
Kilocycle Kops. They would have no idea where the DX is actually operating 
because it changes with every QSO. By the time the jammer finds the QSO 
frequency, the QSO is over and the DX is on another frequency.  Jamming the 
DX's CQ frequency is pointless because 99% of the time nobody is listening 
there and jamming there does not interfere with actual QSOs. When the pile 
starts to thin out, the DX goes back to the CQ frequency and sends a short 
CQ CQ QYF QYF de X1XXX K and then he's gone again.


5.  Anything is better than the mess we have now.   :-)

Comments?


73, Bill W6WRT