[RTTY] Courtesy

[Roger Cooke]

Just to add my two pennies in to this discussion.

   How about making the sending of the name, TU, and greetings ( GA, 
GE or whatever) a
mandatory thing? If everybody HAD to send those, RTTY would be seen 
in a new light of a
Gentleman's Mode.  This was how it was described in the early days 
of RTTY. I mean EARLY
days too, as I was active in the early 1960s.

   So many these days are hell-bent on saying as little as possible, 
in order to maintain the Q-rate
and yes, I am to blame in some respects, because teaching some of 
the newbies the art of good
contesting I always advocate as short a macro as possible, so I am 
play devil's advocate here!

   I hope I am not alone, but I always get a kick out of hearing the 
other station refer to me by
name and also seeing a TU/73.  Those things give me just as much 
pleasure as a higher place
in the results.  Somebody once told me that it was taking part that 
counts, not winning. Well,
obviously it is nice to win, but if it becomes a chore when somebody 
sends an extra period in
the macro, perhaps it's time to go smell the roses.

73 de Roger, G3LDI Chairman BARTG


On 01/10/2013 01:33, Stanley Zawrotny wrote:
> Just to clarify my original post, I meant that the guys recommending efficient exchanges did not include TU in their exchange. In real life, I see many TUs and am thankful that so many of you back me up about them!
>
> Stan, K4SBZ
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Sep 30, 2013, at 2:51 PM, "W4GKM" <w4gkm at citlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> I added 2117 "TU" to all my contacts.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Stanley Zawrotny
>> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:02 PM
>> To: rtty at contesting.com
>> Subject: [RTTY] Courtesy
>>
>> Some recent posts have been disturbing. Someone was upset because a 2x3 call was used to try to contact a DX station in a pileup during a contest. Well, that happens to be the F1 default in MMTTY and commonly used by DXers in pileups. Maybe this ham wasn't in the contest. Believe it or not, we do have to share these bands with non-contesters.
>>
>> Other posts complained about newbies that didn't use the proper format. If that really does get your knickers in such a bind, how about making a macro that says, PSE USE FORMAT 59 59 FL FL. We all would benefit from this moment of advise. It's better to be an Elmer than a disgruntled old man.
>>
>> I am also a member of another digital forum that recently had a long thread about QRM. It's interesting that RTTY contesting was a part of that discussion. We don't have a good reputation, guys. Courtesy is a part of the Amateur Radio Creed and also the DX Code of Conduct.
>>
>> I noticed that no one added TU to their QSOs. I guess a simple "thank you" would take almost half a second too long.
>>
>> OK, start throwing your stones now.
>>
>> Stan, K4SBZ
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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