[RTTY] Contest Behavior

[Jay WS7I]

Goes to show you that push-button contesting needs more buttons.

WPX N6ML N6ML CQ

N6ML 599XTOGPAQU DE W1ABC

W1ABC AGAIN N6ML

N6ML 599 017 017 DE W1ABC

W1ABC QSL 599 325 325 N6ML

I never send*his *report until I have *my* report. Actually I usually 
add a CQ to the end of the last one.  But that is not best practice.

> CQ TEST N6ML N6ML CQ

< N6ML 599XTOGPAQU DE W1ABC

> W1ABC 599 325 325 W1ABC

< TU 73 W1ABC

> NR? NR?


On 2/8/2013 8:35 AM, iain macdonnell - N6ML wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:22 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>> On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 08:24:49 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>> Surely you don't log a QSO that you don't have a report for do you Bill?
>>> Read a little closer. I said I didn't get their report, and because of
>>> that, caused by arrogant behavior they are not logged. I log a lot of jerks
>>> in the average contest with 1000 plus QSO's, that just the law of averages,
>>> but I am not going to guess at a report and log it, just to make work for
>>> the log checkers,
>> REPLY:
>> I'm afraid it's you who needs to read a little closer.
>>
>> I said I never send my report until I have theirs. If I don't get their
>> report first time, I send AGN AGN (requesting a repeat) until I get it. I
>> never send my report until I have theirs. Never.
> 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
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