[RTTY] RBN CQ Spotting

[John GW4SKA]

And a CQ at the end would be useful.

73,
John GW4SKA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim W7RY" <w7ry at centurytel.net>
To: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at gmail.com>; <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RBN CQ Spotting


> The DE is absolutely not necessary. Please remove it.  A space before your 
> first CQ would be good too.
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tim Shoppa
> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 5:55 AM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] RBN CQ Spotting
>
>> %RCQ CQ DE VK4UC VK4UC  %E
>
> I think that translates as "start with CRLF and end with trailing space".
> That ought to be good. DE is not be necessary but I don't think it hurts.
>
> What may be a more likely reason you are not getting spotted - RTTY 
> skimmer
> coverage has improved greatly in past year or two. But it is not yet
> pervasive. Not all RTTY skimmers cover all legal RTTY frequencies with 
> same
> effectiveness. For example in CQ WW RTTY I found that the EU skimmers
> covered 14080-14100 well, but not above 14100. Same for 21080-21100. At
> same time, several W7 skimmers did cover 14100-14150 and 21100-21150 well.
>
> For bands like 40M and 80M where the RTTY bandplan is often different
> between IARU R1, R2, R3, there may be even wider variations in what
> frequencies are covered.
>
> Some skimmers may have directional antennas not pointed in effective
> directions for VK at right time.
>
> Tim N3QE
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