[RTTY] RTTY Contest Operating

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

Call familiarity is worth a good number of contacts in contests.  If I 
see WRT I pretty much know who you are.  I will of course confirm it but 
knowing RTTY, CW and SSB calls in a contest is quite valuable.  One 
letter in a call probably is not going to be the deciding factor in 
winning but it could be but the odds are probably quite high.  There 
were probably many contacts not made due to other factors that would 
easily account for the addition of one letter.

W0MU

On 2/18/2016 10:38 AM, Ed Muns wrote:
> I know that there are many factors that account for more than a 2 QSO
> difference and any of those factors could have played out differently.  I
> look at the forest, not a single tree.  For example, there are a lot more
> than 2 QSOs in any good sized log which are busted calls that aren't
> detected by log checking software.  The entrant is getting QSO credit they
> don't deserve.  Life isn't perfect and contest scores aren't either.
>
> I'm lost on the "balance between length of macros and
> logging accuracy" comment.  I thought this thread was about minute
> differences in the transmission time of 599 vs. 5NN and impact on final QSO
> count or score.
>
> Ed W0YK
> ______________________________________________________
>
> Bill W6WRT wrote:
>
> How would you feel if you lost first place by two QSOs?
>
> The same issue exists with call signs. I could shave several minutes
> by changing to a four character call, but WRT is my initials and I'm
> keeping it. Besides I rarely ever work every minute of the contest
> anyway, but for those who do it could be significant.
>
> The bottom line is there is a balance between length of macros and
> logging accuracy. Finding that balance is half the fun, at least for
> me.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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