[RTTY] I had a reply in the contest from a fellow using cw for rtty
Jerry Flanders
jeflanders at comcast.net
Sun Feb 10 20:14:55 EST 2013
How do you send cw for rtty? I have (rarely) had cross-mode contacts
where I was on rtty and got a response from a cw op, but that is not
what you had, right?
Jerry W4UK
At 07:49 PM 2/10/2013, bill wrote:
>and it was awful
>I don't know if he was using a keyboard to send the cw or actually
>using a paddle/keyer whatever. Maybe he couldn't type or spell.
>I finally asked him: "Are you using cw to send rtty" and he replied "Yes"
>
>I answered him that I appreciated the qso, but it's terrible, not a
>single word or serial number, even your call has come out the same
>all three times you sent them.
>
>I can't log you as I don't know what is correct....
>
>I hope I didn't scare away a potential rtty contester, but I easily
>spent more time trying to decode/decipher his sendings than if I had
>worked 10 stations.
>The fellow I worked after him said...."your more patient than I
>would have been"
>
>I forgot to jot down the callsign...or I would have sent him a 'hope
>to see you in the next contest...but may I suggest...' email.
>
>If any of you ran into him/her (must be correct) please send it to
>me so I can help put him on the right path.
>
>Oh, and thanks to all who handled my fumble fingers today, for some
>reason head, fingers and eyes were not in sync today.
>
>
>
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>
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