[RTTY] RU macros - my views

[pcooper]

Hi all,

Well, apart from suffering several bouts of severe giddiness during the contest when I had to sleep it off, there were some very unusual macros being used. Mainly (I guess) from folk new to RTTY, but some aren't.

Many folk were calling CQ, but with no CQ at the end of their call, so you have to wait till they call again to be sure they are CQ'ing and not responding to a CQ.

There were also quite a few sending IN DE, or IN OH, which is very confusing initially.

My other bugbear was the rather large number of stations sending my serial number back to me.
I had quite a few like this: GU0SUP TU 123 UR 599 100 DE XX1XX.

Guess I am preaching to the converted here, but maybe you know one or two of these guys and can pass on some guidance.
Not so easy to do during the contest!

73 all, and a very Happy New Year to you all

Phil GU0SUP