[RTTY] Contest Behavior

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 08:35:11 -0800, N6ML wrote:

>
>But if you're CQing, you generally send your report first. The problem
>scenario is this:
>
>> CQ TEST N6ML N6ML CQ
>< N6ML 599XTOGPAQU DE W1ABC
>> W1ABC 599 325 325 W1ABC
>< TU 73 W1ABC
>> NR? NR?
>[nothing - he's gone]
>
>
>So what do we think is the appropriate protocol here. Should we refuse
>to send a report to him until he calls us properly, with only his
>callsign, and not his report?
>
>73,
>
>    ~iain / N6ML

REPLY: 
The way I handle it is this:

ME:	CQ TEST W6WRT W6WRT CQ
HIM:	W6WRT 599 <garbled> W1ABC
ME:	AGN AGN
HIM:	<garbled>
ME:	AGN AGN 
(repeat as necessary)

When I finally get his report ONLY THEN do I send my report. If I never get
his report, I wipe the Q and start CQing again. 

Works for me.

Bill, W6WRT