[RTTY] SO2R

[john at kk9a.com]

VA2UP was referring to sending his callsign during a CQ which is something
that you do often on the same frequency.  I send my call twice when I
respond to a CQ and I do not recall getting a single request to repeat it
last weekend. When responding to a CQ I never send the other station's
callsign, it is a total waste of everyone's time!

John KK9A (W4AAA)


To:	RTTY Reflector <rtty at contesting.com>
Subject:	Re: [RTTY] SO2R
From:	Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com>
Date:	Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:19:18 -0700

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On Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:01:11 -0400, VA2UP wrote:

>Being this the CQWW weekend I thought it might just be a good opportunity
for
>some to try something out.
>You can shorten the CQ macro by sending your call just once.

REPLY:

I really don't recommend sending your call only once. That's fine when
your signal is strong at the other guy's end, but how do you know? It
may be shorter for the CQ station but when signals are weak and/or
covered by QRM it makes the other guy take more time to be sure he has
it right. Given the nature of TTY over radio, I much prefer to see the
other guy's call print the same at least twice. Then I'm sure.

When I'm replying to a CQ I send my call three times. I get very few
requests for a repeat. It bugs me when someone replies to my CQ and
sends their call only once. Did it print right or not?  Fortunately
very few ops do that.

73, Bill W6WRT