[RTTY] SO2R

[Al Kozakiewicz]

Hmmm.  I believe the zone will change once you enter the state.  There were a few 2 area call signs from CA and I was careful to check the zone before logging and I recall that all were zone 3 and not 5.  If not, my log is probably all messed up!

Al
AB2ZY
________________________________________
From: Michael Schulz <mschulz at creative-chaos.com>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 4:21 PM
To: Al Kozakiewicz; rtty at contesting.com
Subject: RE: [RTTY] SO2R

Yes, by default it does it, I had several occasions this weekend where the
zone sent was not the same as the
one pre-filled (all US based calls).

Mike
K5TRI

> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Al
> Kozakiewicz
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 1:18 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] SO2R
>
> Agreed, but N1MM fills out the zone based on the call sign for this
contest so
> there no need to click anything at all.
>
> WW is the lazy man's contest with respect to the exchange. Only need to
> click on the state for US contacts. Otherwise it's all click and enter all
the time
> for DX with ESM enabled.
>
> The only time I needed to alter the zone this weekend was for a one guy
> from SK who had zone 3 in his exchange. And it was not a bit error - I
waited
> around to see what he sent others and it was the same.
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
> ________________________________________
> From: RTTY <rtty-bounces at contesting.com> on behalf of Michael Schulz
> <mschulz at creative-chaos.com>
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 3:49 PM
> To: 'David G3YYD'; rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] SO2R
>
> One thing I'd like to add would be the suggestion to *not* use 59914 but
> rather 599 14 in the exchange. That why one can just click on it in MMTTY
for
> example and N1MM+ populates it. The string together doesn't seem to
> work.
>
> 73 Mike K5TRI
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David
> > G3YYD
> > Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 12:23 PM
> > To: rtty at contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [RTTY] SO2R
> >
> > As a SO2R operator the CQ call is key. If made too short, for instance
> > CQ
> M7T,
> > then it does not give enough time for a complete reply to my CQ call
> > on
> the
> > other radio to be made. The idea is to time it so as soon as one radio
> > has finished it is time to transmit on the other.
> >
> > As a consequence I use CQ M7T M7T M7T CQ this gives sufficient time
> > for someone to call me on the other radio with GM3XXX GM3XXX. Then
> > there is no apparent delay in my answer to GM3XXX and it allows me to
> > send GM3XXX 59914 GM3XXX, While someone is calling me on the other
> > radio in response to my CQ call.
> >
> > Of course it falls apart if someone calls me after a CQ with M7T M7T
> > de GM3XXX GM3XXX GM3XXX PSE K which unfortunately too many people
> do.
> > I know my call so please do not send it and de is a total waste of
> > time as
> for
> > PSE K enough said. If you have a call that is GM3XXX then twice is
> sufficient if
> > you have a short callsign like my contest call then M7T three times is
OK.
> >
> > Then at the end of the contact I reply GM3XXX TU M7T QRZ again
> sufficiently
> > long to enable someone to call me on the other radio or send the
> > exchange so I can reply to them without any apparent delay.
> >
> > I also make use of the ESC key to cut short messages on a radio so I
> > can initiate the reply on the other radio faster. So for instance CQ
> > maybe truncated so it becomes CQ M7T M7T.
> >
> > By the way if you think SO2R is complex then I also operate the radios
> second
> > receivers as well when a contest slows up.
> >
> > 73 David G3YYD aka M7T in contests
> >
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