[RTTY] The RTTY efficiency myth

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

"Running out of time" is actually hidden within "Available time of 
propagation to a given area".

For example, working the endless stream of JA's on a short opening, you 
want to be running stations in the 180+ QSOs per hour rate. If the 
opening lasts 60 minutes, you will put 180 calls into the log. If your 
exchange is "inefficient", you will put much less than 180 QSOs in your 
log during that opening.

As Hank, W6SX, pointed out, your exchange needs to be succinct in order 
to covey the needed information as quickly as possible. That means: No 
repeating the report back to the sending station, No "Please copy", No 
RYRYRY's (I actually saw that in a recent contest!), No diddling around, 
No AR, SK, K, Just his call, your requisite report to him, and your 
call. Nothing more!

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 7/15/2014 5:30 AM, Rudy Bakalov via RTTY wrote:
> 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.
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> Rudy N2WQ
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> Sent using a tiny keyboard.  Please excuse brevity, typos, or inappropriate autocorrect.
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>> On Jul 15, 2014, at 6:19 AM, "John  / NS1Z" <ns1zjohn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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...
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>> -----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,
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>> You would do well to Hank's suggestions.
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>> 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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