[RTTY] VK0EK RTTY Update

[Dave Cole]

John,
That is one hell of a good idea!  THANK YOU!
-- 
73's, and thanks,
Dave (NK7Z)

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On Mon, 2016-04-11 at 00:57 +0100, John Barber wrote:
> Another useful method is to hit the 'print screen' button immediately
> after the contact, then save the picture. I do this with any contact
> that needs confirming even if it looks perfect. This way you have
> something that shows your full QSO, the previous activity,
> timestamps, the lot. Saving them with callsign and frequency helps
> e.g. FT4JA 14090.JPG as the file name.
> John GW4SKA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Larry
> Gauthier (K8UT)
> Sent: 10 April 2016 22:13
> To: Martin Berube <ve2nmb at gmail.com>; rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VK0EK RTTY Update
> 
> Martin,
> 
> > 
> > Unfortunately, i beleive they got my callsign wrong.
> We've probably all had this happen at least once. When I suspect that
> they logged my call incorrectly, I make a note in my log of the
> callsigns immediately before and after my contact. I have been able
> to successfully negotiate with QSL managers when I present the exact
> frequencies and times of a QSO where their logged callsign differed
> from mine by a character. 
> Sometimes they've even made me wait a few months to see if anyone
> with the busted call "claimed" the QSL - but it is worth it for those
> rare ones.
> 
> -larry (K8UT)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Berube
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:54 PM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] VK0EK RTTY Update
> 
> I was able to work VK0EK last night.  The info Dom shared was very
> helpful.  tnx again!  Unfortunately, i beleive they got my callsign
> wrong.
> 
> Didn't copy FT4JA at all last on 30m.  Maybe next time.
> 
> 73, Martin VE2NMB
> 
> 2016-04-10 13:28 GMT-04:00 Jim Lawrence <jim.w7ct at gmail.com>:
> 
> > 
> > Not only RTTY.  CW and SSB pileups are the same.  Some guys just
> > never 
> > stop calling.  I won't say I have never done it, but, if you heard
> > me 
> > do it, it was a mistake on my part.  Then there is the blantant
> > DQRM, 
> > but, that's another story.
> > 
> > I was lucky enough to get both FT4JA and VK0EK on RTTY:-)  Just
> > didn't 
> > realize how lucky I was:-) until I started reading this thread.
> > 
> > 73
> > 
> > Jim W7CT
> > 
> > 
> > On 4/10/2016 11:06 AM, WW3S wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > On 4/10/2016 11:45:10 AM, Don Hill AA5AU (aa5au at bellsouth.net)
> > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > RTTY is now mainstream. There are more RTTY operators now than
> > > > ever 
> > > > before as there has been an explosion in RTTY operators in the
> > > > past 
> > > > 10-15 years.
> > > > 
> > > > Don AA5AU
> > > > 
> > > > That being said, how do we educate these newer ops on pileup
> > > > etiquette?
> > > (if it is all newer ops?).....listening to the 4W pileup, trying
> > > to 
> > > find the qsx, and they give a DL6 a 599 and K5 keeps giving his
> > > call, 
> > > they respond to a SP6, and the same K5, over and over and 
> > > over.....and he’s not the only one....I can understand if one
> > > has 
> > > lite copy, and they come back to a similar call, but there
> > > nothing 
> > > similar about OZ8A and a K5.....eventually, the guy works him, so
> > > he 
> > > thinks the method he is using is correct, but it isnt.....I know
> > > Ed 
> > > has written some articles on the subject, but how do we get them
> > > into 
> > > the right publications, websites so the offenders read them ?
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