[RTTY] Q Rate Killers

[Jeff AC0C]

Tom,

The exchange content for peak efficiency is just on the border where you are 
infrequently asked for a fill.  If you almost never get a request, then I 
would say your content is too redundant.  Keeping it simple, on the next 
contest drop your exchange by one of each element and see how it goes.  In 
any event, do drop the "UR" out of it in all cases.

Have fun!

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

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Magarelli
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 7:37 PM
To: RTTY at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Q Rate Killers


I'm not sure if I'm one of the guilty parties

My exchange was   K4SBZ  UR 599 NJ NJ NJ 05 05 05

My thought was to send my state and zone 3 times, hopefully not needing a
repeat. That seemed to work I only had 1 station ask me for a repeat of my
State. My thinking was not having a lot of repeats, I could make more
contacts and move along quicker.

Please tell me if my thinking is wrong. I'm not in the big league either,
just trying to have some fun.


-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Stanley
Zawrotny
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 7:41 PM
To: RTTY at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Q Rate Killers

A while back, there was a discussion about how extra spaces and characters
slow down an exchange. Those a nothing compared to the many ops that I
worked in the CQ WW DX RTTY Contest last weekend that took 15-20 seconds or
longer to reply. I'm not in the big leagues and worry about milliseconds,
but when it takes almost a minute to complete a contact, that gets to me.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."
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