[RTTY] The RTTY efficiency myth

[Rudy Bakalov via RTTY]

You run out of time in any contest, be it RTTY,  CW, or SSB. So this is not a criteria to decide how efficient the QSOs are. Then you start looking at how long each QSO takes and see the difference. In other words, look at the overall QSOs per hour rate.

Rudy N2WQ

Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect.


> On Jul 15, 2014, at 6:19 AM, "John  / NS1Z" <ns1zjohn at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thinking about efficient contacts, just how many of us have "run out of time" before we have run out of stations to contact during a contest ??
> 
> If the problem is not enough time to work all stations heard wouldn't there be other means employed to increase contacts...
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Jeff AC0C
> Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 11:19 PM
> To: Hank Garretson ; RTTY Reflector
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Getting ready for NAQP RTTY problem
> 
> Ron,
> 
> You would do well to Hank's suggestions.
> 
> RTTY contesting has a focus on efficiency and the best results are obtained
> by using the exchanges and formats that are the standards in the RTTY
> 
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