[RTTY] One Pet Peeve - Unskilled SO2R Operators

[David G3YYD]

There is always the hidden QRM. You don't hear it but he does and so can't
hear you.

Then there is the guy who calls you then sends unnecessary guff so
prolonging the RX time. While on the other band the guy is short and to the
point. So they both are ready to receive my TX at the same time.

I normally make the guy with the extra guff wait while I do the TU M7T QRZ
to the short and to the point guy.

In SO2R pile ups are not a problem as long as the S&P guys just either
corrects his call if required or sends the exchange. Can get some really
high rates. It's the guys who send "TNX de IZ1/DL5ABC/P UR 5NN 001 5NN 001
K" note the extra shifts for report and all the unnecessary stuff. Where
"599 001 001" is all that is needed

SO2R with pile ups are great fun. I love it when on one band I have a NA
pile up while on another a JA pile up. Rates above 300/hour are possible if
this happens. Would never happen with a EU/NA or a EU/JA pile up as the
southern and eastern EU's are not disciplined enough many are all mouth and
no ears.

73 David G3YYD aka M7T in contests

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Stai
Sent: 17 July 2017 16:29
To: Richard Kriss
Cc: RTTY Reflector
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
> _______________________________________________
> RTTY mailing list
> RTTY at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
>



--
Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff at gmail.com
Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/ Facebook ~
http://www.facebook.com/twistedoak
_______________________________________________
RTTY mailing list
RTTY at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty