[RTTY] WAE RTTY and QTCs

[Thom]

Thanks....I use Writelog for my RTTY / CW Contesting.   I will have to 
check out how it handles QTC's...I know Don has a nice (but long) write 
up on how to setup Writelog to do QTC's.

73

Thom KI8W


On 10/27/2016 14:51, Larry Gauthier (K8UT) wrote:
> 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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