[UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Data night

[g3rir demon]

I cannot entirely agree with Phil about answering CQ's. With SSB and CW
the method suggested by Phil of only sending "de G9XXX" to respond to a
CQ works nearly all the time but not all the time. 

When there is QRM there is often confusion of who is working who. This
problem is far worse on RTTY, at least on CC 80, as there are many
novice RTTY operators (like me 40 years licenced but it has taken CC 80
to get me on RTTY) and calling exactly on frequency is as yet something
of a lottery thus increasing the potential confusion.

Clearly Phil has vastly more RTTY experience than me and most of the
others on CC80 so I suspect his suggested method works in most RTTY
contests but I contend CC80 is different!

73 all de Neil, G3RIR 

-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Phil Cooper
Sent: 09 June 2004 18:00
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC Data night

Hi all,

Not a particularly high-scoring night, but the band was in great shape!
I
managed 38 contacts.

One point to remember when answering a CQ call in a contest is not to
send
the other guy's call, but just send DE yourcall yourcall.
When I was CQ'ing, I had a lot of GU0SUP GU0SUP GU0SUP DE G3XXX G3XXX
G3XXX
which is a complete waste of time.
Far better to just send DE G3XXX G3XXX if conditions are good (which
they
were) or maybe send your call 3 times if conditions are not so good.

If someone asks you to repeat the serial number, it is not advisable to
simply send the same buffer twice!
Have a buffer set that is just the serial number once, and then hit that
F-key as many times as needed. This is far more effective.

I know many of you are new to RTTY, but it is fun, and is a very
"friendly"
mode once you get going. For those of you who wish to have a bit more
fun,
this weekend is the ANARTS RTTY contest.
You can find a link to the rules, plus more info at
www.rttycontesting.com
You get points based on distance, so work all the DX you can! Single ops
are
only allowed to operate 30 of the 48 hours.

See you there!
73 de Phil GU0SUP

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