[RTTY] One Pet Peeve - Unskilled SO2R Operators

[Ken K6MR]

“some quirk of propagation”

I am only 169 miles from W7RN but rarely can work you on 20, 15, or 10. Ground wave just doesn’t make it, especially with LP.  I can partially print you well enough to know it’s you but I just don’t make it through.

Ken K6MR

From: Jeff Stai<mailto:wk6i.jeff at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 09:31
To: Richard Kriss<mailto:aa5vu at arrl.net>
Cc: RTTY Reflector<mailto:rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] One Pet Peeve - Unskilled SO2R Operators

There are a million reasons why an operator may be slow to respond or not
respond, never mind SO2R. They could be having a software issue, a stupid
little moth flew into your eye, a sneezing fit, a group of visitors arrives
("he's just doing rtty..."), etc. I had all of these and more happen to me
this time out (though I must say the visitors this time were very nice and
caused no delays ;)

There was one loud top ten finisher who didn't answer my CQ despite
multiple tries. I assume that 1) he is not avoiding giving me his mult; 2)
he is not inexperienced; 3) there is some reasonable explanation - maybe
some quirk of propagation?

73 jeff wk6i


On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Richard Kriss <aa5vu at arrl.net> wrote:

> I enjoyed the NAQP-RTTY contest and the majority were very good operators.
> My Pet Peeve is the unskilled operator trying to run SO2R. Skilled SO2R
> operators are seamless and the S&P callers never know the station calling
> CQ are running SO2R.  To S&P operators an unskilled CQ station seems to be
> deaf,  keeps calling CQ over and over again and not responding to S&P
> callers.  My guess is the SO2R station may be tied up working pileup of S&P
> callers on another band.
>
> If you are an SO2R operator and start getting a lot of action on one band,
> turn off the CQ bubble machine on the other band until you work the pileup
> down to a manageable level.
>
> My 2-cents worth!
>
> Dick AA5VU
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