[RTTY] Upside-down RTTY contest QSO's

[Jim Irving]

Good heavens.  This is why I don't bother with contests.  A number of 
participants want differing ways of answering.  I have no doubt they are 
correct in what each says but they want it sent slightly different for each 
person.  Try as one might, how can you possibly please everyone with so many 
slights on an easy reply.  Too bad if I send the report twice, or add my 
callsign, what the hell does it matter.

Jim
Amateur Radio Station..ZL2BMH

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From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at suremail.gg>
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2017 8:17 AM
To: "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Upside-down RTTY contest QSO's

> Hi all,
>
> I know I was suffering from a bad cold, and also had lots of other things 
> on
> my mind at the time, but I too noticed a lot of "odd" behaviour during the
> contest.
>
> Not only did I get more than a few who sent a report before just calling 
> me,
> but some sent a report, got my report to another station entirely, and 
> then
> sent me a 73 as acknowledgement!
>
> I also noticed these lapses of judgement - and some from what I would term
> as experienced RTTY contesters!
> 1. Asking for a repeat, which I sent, but they were CQ'ing once I had
> finished sending. So was that a good QSO?
>
> 2. Just turning up and calling CQ over an existing QSO.
>
> 3. Sending an exchange with no calls attached when there are several
> callers. Happened to me on a few occasions, resulting in repeat requests.
>
> 4. Calling me a second time is fine, as I may not be a dupe for you, but
> calling me 5 or 6 times during the contest (same band). Really?
>
> 5. Very slow in responding. Even if you have to type my call into the box,
> surely it doesn't take 1-+ seconds before you respond to me? Maybe these
> were SO2R/V ops, in which case, you probably aren't doing it right. Some
> were so slow that I sent my call again, which blotted out their - 
> eventual -
> response.
>
> 6. READ THE RULES... Mults count only ONCE, so why join a pile of callers 
> to
> grab me, when we have already worked on another band?
>
> 7. Calling me with a 2 X 3 callsigns.  Totally unnecessary.
>
> 8. When I ask for a repeat, I need the serial number, not your call, or 
> the
> 599 (often sent twice!), and nor your State or name. JUST THE SERIAL 
> NUMBER
> PLEASE!
>
> It's difficult to know with the WPX RTTY contest, as there are so many
> inventive callsigns in this one, but I would hazard a guess that many of 
> the
> folk doing the above were newcomers to the dark art of RTTY contesting. 
> For
> me, many were calls that didn't come up in the SCP file, and many also 
> could
> not get my call right. I ended up with a macro that said PSE CORRECT MY 
> CALL
> - GU0SUP - GUERNSEY ISLAND. I'm still not sure some got it.
>
> I know I made some errors, which I blame on feeling lousy, and my
> inexperience with N1MM+. I am getting better at running, but I still 
> forgot
> to hit ENTER, and pressed F2 instead. I don't think these few occasions
> caused any problems, but it wasn't good for me.
>
> 73 all
>
> Phil GU0SUP
>
>
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