[RTTY] OK contest

[Don Inbody]

I am going to be in Italy over the New Year. I wonder if any Italian hams
are on here?

73, Don AD0K

On Mon, Dec 19, 2016, 09:56 Mike <k4gmh at arrl.net> wrote:

> Yeah, I've gotten confused on RTTY contest start time a couple of times.
> What makes it worse is both times I worked several stations that gave me
> the "correct" contest information.  Once I would realize there wasn't much
> activity, my mind would kick in with the fact the contest hadn't officially
> started.  (The mind is a wonderful thing to use - just wish I would use it
> more often:>)
>
>   73,
>   Mike, K4GMH
>
> On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 10:25 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu at w0mu.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have jumped the SS gun by an hour in my younger years....Rather
> > embarrassing!  Heck I was working people in the CWT last week minutes
> after
> > the test was over.  I dumped the qsos but why did nobody tell me?  Hey
> > where did all the QRM go.  Where did all the signals go on my scope?
> >  whoops!
> >
> > W0MU
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/18/2016 7:55 PM, Robert Chudek - K0RC wrote:
> >
> >> A similar thing happened in Sweepstakes Phone this past fall. One fellow
> >> had moved from on time zone to another and had not adjusted his thinking
> >> regarding the local starting time. It was about 10 minutes before
> someone
> >> let him know he was jumping the gun. It's tough getting older!
> >>
> >> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> On 12/18/2016 4:10 PM, Richard White wrote:
> >>
> >>> I copied a VE call this Sunday morning calling CQ OK TEST VExxx  CQ.
> >>>
> >>> I sent back to him that the contest ended at 2400z Saturday 12/17/1016.
> >>> Evidently there are still people who do not read the rules before a
> >>> contest
> >>> so as to have the proper information.  The VE was somewhat surprised.
> >>>
> >>> Dick  KS0M
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Richard C. "Dick" White
> >>>
> >>> Fulton, MO 65251 U.S.A
> >>>
> >>> Amateur Radio Station  KS0M
> >>>
> >>>
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