[RTTY] The RTTY efficiency myth

[Jeff AC0C]

It's great this guy asked.  That shows a respect for the traditions and that 
he's interested in "doing it right."  Good for him.  There are plenty of 
activities in life where individual expression benefits you, but radiosport 
is unfortunately not one of them.

Being chatty (or anything other than the essentials) in a RTTY contest is 
counter intuitive that it's not being courteous.  And helping a new guy 
understand why is a disservice or wasted time/bandwidth.  If a guy new to 
contesting asks (good for him!!!), the answer is to respect the traditions 
of the hobby - and that means - because they are asking - to educate them on 
the importance of the crisp and efficient exchange.

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Jeff Stai
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 10:17 AM
To: Fabi
Cc: rtty contesting
Subject: Re: [RTTY] The RTTY efficiency myth

On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Fabi <va2up at live.ca> wrote:

> we sure welcome the 'PSE COPY' guys who are just having fun


What Fabi said 100%!

To add to that, the reason *I* try to be as efficient as possible is that
the casual contester is a fickle bunch and they might tune past you as soon
as they see you are wasting time. (And if you are casual, being efficient
yourself helps me too, but if PSE COPY is your style, go for it!)

73 jeff wk6i


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