[RTTY] RU macros - my views

[Al Kozakiewicz]

You forgot "5NN".  And, from experienced operators who should know better, no repeat of the key part of the exchange, especially on 80 and 40 meters where the error rate from noise is very high on signals that would be a cakewalk to decode on 10M.

Still, the thing I would most like to impress on others is that when I am running, MY CALL has no place in any of the tranmissions from a responding station.  EVER!  I know my call!  I had several people respond with:

AB2ZY AB2ZY DE LM1NOP LM1NOP LM1NOP

During a pileup, this usually decodes to something like:

AB2ZY SDBN^THHWPRMBTY4S2KIQLPAZXNOP

If they had just sent their own call, thay would have busted the pileup.  Instead, no one did.  At least I've learned not to be quick to ask for a repeat in these cases.  Patience, and someone will breal silence and call again, usually in the clear.

Also, a number of dupes from people I suspect thought they had worked someone I was working during a run.  No problem, just log them again and move on.

Not really complaining here - had a lot of fun!

Al
AB2ZY


On 05/01/2015 02:43, rtty-request at contesting.com wrote:
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> Hi all,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> There were also quite a few sending IN DE, or IN OH, which is very confusing initially.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 73 all, and a very Happy New Year to you all
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> Phil GU0SUP
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