[RTTY] The RTTY efficiency myth and SUPERFILL

[Hank Garretson]

Absolutely. Keep the TU.

Indeed, TU is equivalent to QSL.

CQ TEST W6SX W6SX CQ
P40X
P40X 599 03
W6SX 599
P40X TU W6SX CQ

My TU to P40X says Thank You AND QSL, the contact is complete.

Keep the TU.

Contest Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX



On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 3:24 PM, john <w8wej at citynet.net> wrote:

> with great reluctance,,, I was going to eliminate  the "TU" in the
> exchange---I have always felt, and still feel  that the rtty bunch is the
> nicest group of competitors that I have ever encountered, and,,, always
> felt pleasure in expressing my  thanks of a  contest qso by a "TU"--
>  I understand the need for speed and a "TU" multiplier by hundreds of
> times  would eat up time for  the big gun contester--   I get that,,,but
> still we, the rtty folks are a unique group--I feel notches above the
> average,,, I hate to see that being lost--as I write this,,, I want to go
> back to my roots--a "TU" is needed to remind the big guns,and everyone, if
> it were not for us little shots,,big gamers  would have very few folk  to
> work,..
> get over it--the "TU"    is staying  in to my macros--
> a matter of perspective.  If we can not take time to appreciate and
> acknowledge  the efforts of others, is a shame, for all of us,,,
> ,It is, or at least , should be a hobby,,,please lets keep it that
> way....see you this weekend  with a "TU"
>
> 73 and "good luck in the contest"
> john
>