[RTTY] Waterfall and CQ conundrum

[Jeff AC0C]

It's not about speed at all, it's about preventing confusion when state is 
part of the exchange.  Especially when you add in some band noise, a QRP 
power source, poor antennas, QRM and operator fatigue.   DE should be used 
only when the guy is from DE and when part of the exchange is state.

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joe Subich, W4TV
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 1:25 PM
To: Jeff AC0C ; RTTY
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Waterfall and CQ conundrum


On 3/27/2016 2:08 PM, Jeff AC0C wrote:
> The use of "DE" would be a mess, especially for the people living in DE.


Not if used where it belongs - between the called station callsign and
the calling station callsign or between CQ, QRZ, TEST, etc. and the
calling station's callsign.  This "save milliseconds at all costs" BS
has gotten out of hand in removing DE from CQ messages.

If used where it belongs, CQ DE, QRZ DE, or TEST DE unambiguously shows
the following callsign is *running* on that frequency.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV
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