[RTTY] Dayton Hamvention RTTY Contest Forum

[Nicholas Smith]

This happens to me quite often. It's like they are just waiting for me 
to pause and then they take over. I used to get upset over this but now 
I just move somewhere else and try again. The trailing CQ to me is 
helpful for the S&P guys as I sometimes do S&P and waiting to see who is 
calling CQ and who is replying without a CQ or QRZ takes way too long.

Nick, 73
w4gkm

On 3/25/16 11:38 AM, Tom Osborne wrote:
> Ten seconds can be an awfullly long time on RATTY.
>
> During the BARTG, I had a nice run going on 20 and had to stop for just a
> few seconds to cnange one of my macros (which probably took less than 10
> seconds) and someone plopped on my frequency and started calling CQ.
>
>
> What was funny was that the station was exactly zero beat, like they had
> heard me calling CQ and when I stopped, they assumed I was gone.  73
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:59 AM, Shelby Summerville <k4ww at twc.com> wrote:
>
>> Steve, NR4M wrote: "10 or 15 seconds between CQ's is way too much and just
>> asking for
>> someone to take your frequency."
>>
>> First, and foremost, opinions are as other parts of human antimony!
>> Everyone has one!!
>> I agree with 15, but not 10. Anyone that arbitrarily begins to call CQ,
>> without asking if the frequency is in use, is inconsiderate.
>> inconsiderate = not thinking about the rights and feelings of other people
>>
>> As far as a "trailing" CQ, I also relate it to "test" on CW. When I tune
>> by, there is absolutely no doubt as to the intentions of the "calling"
>> station.
>>
>>
>> C'Ya, Shelby - K4WW
>>
>> Since I don't  have an iPad or iPhone, sent from my PC
>>
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