[RTTY] To DE or not to DE

[Stephen M. Shearer]

No matter what I do.. WB3LGC 599 05 DE .. get questions...  Shorter seems
better and depending upon the contest exchange it can be worse...

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hank Garretson
Sent: 24 September, 2013 2:23 PM
To: RTTY Reflector; NCCC Reflector
Subject: [RTTY] To DE or not to DE

The big one is this weekend, CQWW RTTY. http://www.cqwwrtty.com/

Here are some tips that will make everyone's weekend more fun.

To DE or not to DE. It depends, but mostly not. Almost all the time, who is
sending is clear from sequence and timing. DE usually adds nothing to a
contest exchange, and DE can be very confusing. For instance, W6SX 599 05 IN
DE w4xxx. Ditch the DE.

When responding to a CQ, it is generally a waste of time to send

W6SX DE w8xxx

Instead, just drop your call one, two, or three times depending on
conditions.

CQ TEST W6SX W6SX CQ

w8xxx w8xxx

w8xxx 599 03 CA

W6SX 599 04 MI

TU W6SX CQ ...

CU all Saturday and Sunday. We're going to have a blast.

Diddle Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX
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