[RTTY] Courtesy

[John GW4SKA]

Stan,

You must have been unlucky with the guys you worked. Every one of my 1600+ 
contacts got a 'TU' and I saw lots send the same to me. There are still a 
lot of courteous RTTY ops out there!

Cheers, John GW4SKA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stanley Zawrotny" <k4sbz.stan at gmail.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 8:02 PM
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
>
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