[RTTY] Upside-down RTTY contest QSO's

Jim Preston jpreston1 at cox.net
Mon Feb 13 15:30:48 EST 2017


I have hit the wrong button at times. I hit the ESC key as soon as I 
realize it, but part of the exchange has already been sent.

73,

Jim N6VH


On 2/13/2017 11:16 AM, Jeff AC0C wrote:
> Bet this this is more new guys jumping into their first contest.  Or
> maybe new to the logger in RTTY.  What surprises me is that guys get so
> far into this without figuring out the proper sequence.  I remember one
> fellow was at a 2xx Q count!  Then again it may be a case of hitting the
> wrong button.
>
> My solution to this backward sequence is to send my end of the exchange,
> and then flow right into a CQ, exactly as Tim shows below.  About 25-50%
> of the time the guy sends some sort of TSK message and I reply again
> with the TU WPX AC0C CQ call.  Have not had any frequency ownership
> confusion that I know of.
>
> 73/jeff/ac0c
> www.ac0c.com
> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
>


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