[RTTY] Exchanges

[Jeff Stai]

I did see the dreaded "IN XX" a couple times. I saw the "IN IN DE" once.

And a couple times I saw someone use "GA" in the context of Good Afternoon,
said context only being discovered after I had recorded GA. Don't use GA
either.

And while we are at it, for gosh sakes don't send back my exchange! Just
because the logging program lets you do that doesn't make it a good idea.

73 - jeff wk6i


On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 5:57 AM, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> On Tue, 2 Oct 2012 12:26:09 +0300, SV1XV wrote:
>
> >
> >More or less I agree, this is a very good and
> >unambiguous exchange. Only in the case of the
> >reply I would prefer:
> >
> >ZC4LI 599 NY NY DE ABC1Y
>
> REPLY:
> Using "DE" in a contest where the exchange is US states is not
> recommended. That
> happens to be the abbreviation for Delaware, and if there were QRM or QRN
> the
> "NY" in the above might be missed and the Q logged as Delaware.
>
> Likewise, "IN" should not be used as in "W6WRT IN CA" lest it be mistaken
> as
> Indiana. I didn't hear anyone do this in the recent WW, but it does happen
> sometimes.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
> _______________________________________________
> RTTY mailing list
> RTTY at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
>



-- 
Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/
Facebook ~ http://www.facebook.com/twistedoak