[RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs

[Larry Gauthier (K8UT)]

Thom,

Sending/Receiving QTCs can be a complicated for new RTTY contesters. If 
you're using N1MM Logger, you can find an instructional video for RTTY QTCs 
here:

http://n1mm.hamdocs.com/tiki-index.php?page=Instructional+Videos

-larry (K8UT)
-----Original Message----- 
From: Thom
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:55 AM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs

Well the WAE Contest is still a couple week away so I am leaving the
door open for a possible participation.

73

Thom KI8W


On 10/27/2016 12:52, Dave Barr wrote:
> I have been doing QTCs in the WAE for several years because it is fun and 
> it raises my score to one I'd never be able to achieve running QRP, as I 
> usually do.  I _always_ ask to receive QTCs, never to send, since my QRP 
> signal is usually too weak for reliable and reasonably quick transmission 
> of QTCs to another station.   I noticed in my log report for 2015 that I 
> had about a 7% error rate in receiving QTCs (which of course has nothing 
> to do with my running 5 watts).  Is this an unusually high error rate, or 
> is it simply that there is so much chance for undetectable errors in the 
> time (as long as its within sequence), call suffix and serial numbers 
> sent?
>
> Dave, K2YG
>
>
>> Thom
>> I hear you.
>> May be blasphemous to say it, but you can participate without the QTC 
>> thing.
>> Your score will be relatively low but still fun.
>> I started doing the QTC thing last year at the urging of K2YG and once 
>> you set up the macros I found that it is not that difficult and makes it 
>> interesting.
>> 73
>> Al
>> K2AL
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>>> On Oct 26, 2016, at 9:44 PM, Thom <ki8w at ki8w.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I thought about running WAE RTTY but this QTC thing has me totally 
>>> confused.  Right now, with my current state of mind, I do not need more 
>>> complication in my RTTY operations.  Maybe next year.  Good luck in the 
>>> contest,  all.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Thom KI8W
>>>
>>>
>>>
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