[RTTY] RTTY Contest Operating

[john at kk9a.com]

You're absolutely correct Ken! I have also cancelled some CQs, but most
timed out perfectly. Afterwards I thought it may be better to configure
my station so that last TX command cancels the transmission in progress
on the second radio. 

John KK9A 

On 2016-02-18 11:49, Ken K6MR wrote: 

> I'm still a newbie at SO2R, but this begs a question: Why would you ever wait for a cq to finish before responding to an actual Q on the other radio? I'm constantly cutting the CQs short to respond on the other radio, whether it's S&P or a dueling CQ condition. 
> 
> Ken K6MR 
> 
> FROM: john at kk9a.com
> SENT: Thursday, February 18, 2016 06:38
> TO: rtty at contesting.com
> SUBJECT: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Contest Operating 
> 
> I operate the same way and I concur with these rules. I worked W6SX on
> four bands last weekend. Hank was so efficient that I left him waiting at
> least once, while I had to wait for radio #2 to stop transmitting a long
> CQ. During most QSOs my long radio #2 CQ ended long before it was time to
> complete the contact.
> 
> John KK9A
> 
> To: David Tanks via RTTY <rtty at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Contest Operating
> From: Ken K6MR <k6mr at outlook.com>
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:03:46 -0800
> 
> 1. I follow the W6SX first rule of contesting: Have Fun! If someone
> else wants to eek out a few more Qs by doing something odd, oh well. He
> likely
> knows what he is doing and if he can live with himself I certainly can.
> 
> 2. Guilty. I treat RTTY the same as I do CW: I don't send the call
> at the
> end of a CW report, why should I do it for RTTY? They are basically the same
> mode with the advantage of the machine doing the decoding. Yes, what you
> describe occasionally happens, but I think the majority of the time it's
> not a
> problem.
> 
> 3. See #2. If I'm S&P on CW, I do not send the other stations call
> before
> sending the report. Ditto, I don't do it on RTTY. The one or two copies of
> the
> exchange does depend on conditions. But, if you don't think you got the
> report
> with one copy, ask for a repeat. If all of your decoder windows agree (you do
> use more than one, don't you?) then that's as good a confirmation as you are
> likely to get.
> 
> I'm not exactly what you would call "experienced" but it's my 20 cents
> worth (2
> cents adjusted for inflation).
> 
> Ken K6MR
> 
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