[RTTY] Q Rate Killers

[John Barber]

1. Consecutively. Much better with QSB or on/off QRM

2. 2 times. The few times that a repeat is needed takes less time overall
than the extra time on each exchange.

3. Definitely not out of place. A QRP contact scores as many points .. it's
no different from working a station a bit further away.
We should let potential RTTY ops know that it is a good mode for low power;
it's the best contest mode for those who don't work CW.

John GW4SKA

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave Barr
Sent: 27 September 2016 13:39
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Q Rate Killers

In almost all RTTY contests I operate qrp, so I am always concerned with
taking too much of someone's time to get my exchange copied accurately.  
I have three particular items for which I am looking for opinions:

1. In a multiple part contest exchange (not including 599) as is CQ WW, is
it preferable to send each part together, or complete exchanges
consecutively, i.e., NJ NJ 05 05, or NJ 05 NJ 05.

2. Is it preferred by most ops to receive exchanges 2 times or 3 (adjusted
according to conditions).  Do many ops really care about the extra half
second to send another NJ 05?  (I know this question has been beaten to
death.)

3. Because of the higher possibility of repeat requests, does anyone think
that qrp is out of place in some or all RTTY contests.

I maintain several seamlessly "chainable" macros that contain one and two
iterations of exchanges, plus chainable macros for each part of the exchange
without call signs to use if someone asks for a repeat of only one part.
Rarely do I repeat the other call sign, or mine if I have seen it to be
correct.

I wonder, in difficult qsos with several repeats, if sometimes the other
station gets frustrated and looks up my state on qrz.com, or if I get an
exasperated "TU" and am not put in the log.

For the question about the state coming up in the wrong box on N1MM, I
believe that, at least in the CQ WW, if you click on the sent state with
only the call sign box filled on the line, that the other boxes will be
filled properly.

ALSO, PLEASE BE SURE TO USE A SPACE AFTER YOUR CALL SIGN IN ALL SITUATIONS.
If you have a one or two letter suffix, be proud of it.

73

Dave, K2YG



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