[RTTY] My FT-950's RTTY power level admonition

[Al Kozakiewicz]

My fear is that not all are actually using a paddle. The "fist" of at least one of those guys last weekend was so perfect I had the uneasy feeling he was using N1MM in cw mode to key his rig!

Al
AB2ZY

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> On Feb 16, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Jeff AC0C <keepwalking188 at ac0c.com> wrote:
> 
> The guys keying into the K3 are slow - especially if they make a mistake on sending their SN.  But my hope is that after playing with the toy-K3 keying method, they get seduced by RTTY contesting and start using a proper setup. At least that's my hope.
> 
> 73/jeff/ac0c
> www.ac0c.com
> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Ian White
> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 10:42 AM
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Cc: 'John Barber'
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] My FT-950's RTTY power level admonition
> 
> GW4SKA wrote:
>> 6 seconds between CQs is a long time. 2.5 to 3 seconds is plenty.
>> In a big contest you could lose your run frequency in 6 seconds
> !!!!!!!!!!
> 
> In a big CW contest, maybe, but in RTTY we usually get a few seconds
> more [1].
> 
> However, there does seem to be an ever-widening gap between the serious
> RTTY contesters and the much larger number of casual datamode operators.
> I'm getting increasingly impatient with the long stretches of "dead air"
> that some operators always leave before coming back (what are they doing
> in this time?) and then it's always with a relatively low serial number.
> 
> 
> But worst of all are those painful, limping QSOs with people who are
> very obviously using a Morse key into a K3/KX3. One hates to discourage
> them... but...
> 
> 
> 
> [1] "Me and My Run Frequency" - http://tinyurl.com/hdt9wrm
> 
> 
> 73 from Ian GM3SEK
> 
> 
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