[UK-CONTEST] UK-Contest Digest, Vol 28, Issue 20

[mike hardy]

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>    1.  80m CC RTTY (g3rir demon)
>    2. 80m CC RTTY (Phil Cooper)
>    3. Reminder: GB6MD (Simon Pearson)
>    4. Re: 80m CC RTTY (Callum)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:01:59 +0100
> From: "g3rir demon" <g3rir at ackerley24.demon.co.uk>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST]  80m CC RTTY
> To: "'UK Contest'" <uk-contest at contesting.com>
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> I wonder if some of the RTTY experts could offer some advice, please?
>
> I have little experience of RTTY and have only used it during CC80
sessions;
> in fact I didn't have an interface until I built one especially for CC80
> Data sessions.
>
> How do you cope with more than one station calling you? When operating CW
> (or SSB) it is pretty easy to pick out one or more letters of a callsign
and
> then make it clear which individual station you are working and you get
the
> full callsign back.
>
> Several times last night several stations replied at once to my CQ calls
and
> the software (MMTTY within Logger32) couldn't identify (to me) any part of
a
> call sign. So I call QRZ and the same set of stations call again and still
> with the same result of being unable to sort out any call sign.
>
> This sequence of events continues with no QSO's resulting until several of
> the calling stations give up and go elsewhere and with any luck one
station
> remains and I can copy his call sign.
>
> This is time-wasting and frustrating for all concerned and I suspect much
of
> it is due to my and others lack of experience of RTTY.
>
> So come on you expert RTTY-ers give us the benefit of your experience!
>
> 73 de Neil, G3RIR
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:21:41 +0100
> From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC RTTY
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
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> Hi all,
>
> As Jim noted, there were lots of instances of "not very good" operating
> practices, and I too had a few that got deleted from the log, simply
because
> they called CQ straight away, rather than confirming the contact with a
"73
> TU QRZ?" type message.
> I also found a few that were exceedingly slow to respond to a call, so I
> called again, only to find them sending me a report.
> I do appreciate that some are new to RTTY, but PLEASE do note down what
you
> have in the buffers, and be ready to send them!
>
> It was also hard this far south!
>
> As for running, I found that starting of with CQ was a waste, so I went to
> S&P, and then returned to CQ'ing later in the contest. This proved to be
> better for a short while, but soon got sparse.
>
> I ended up with 45, although I actually worked more than that, it's just
> that they didn't make it into the log!
>
> 73, and see all you RTTY types in the SPRVG at the weekend! (Rules and
info
> can be found a www.rttycontesting.com )
> Phil GU0SUP
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 19:11:33 +0100
> From: "Simon Pearson" <m0clw at ftml.net>
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Reminder: GB6MD
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> Hi folks,
>
> Just a quick reminder that the International Marconi Day special event
> station, GB6MD, will be on-air for 24 hours starting midnight UTC
> tonight. The event will be aired from the G6PZ contest station with
> activity on 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m, both CW and SSB.
>
> The G6PZ station is located approximately 1km from Brean Down which is
> where Marconi undertook experiments across water. More details about
> Marconi and his experiments from Brean Down can be found by visiting the
> following page: http://www.gb4imd.co.uk/brean_down.htm
>
> We look forward to putting many UK contesters' calls in the GB6MD log!
>
> 73,
>
> Simon M0CLW / Paul G6PZ
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:18:50 -0000
> From: "Callum" <callum at mccormick.uk.com>
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC RTTY
> To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
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> Well, last night was my first ever bash at RTTY. I could have programmed
the
> keys perhaps a few nights earlier but I ran out of time so I decided to do
> it "manually" SHOCK HORROR!
>
> I used MMTTY and just entered each one in WINLOG32 as I typed them out.
>
> My first QSO went horribly wrong so I listened and learned for a bit and
> transmitted into my dummy load a few times to get the hang of it. It was
> very scary for a proud bloke like me and I cocked up a couple, but I
always
> managed to eventually do a report and number and "TU 73" or something that
> popped into my head that was probably very wrong! With one station, I even
> sent "SORRY 1ST RTTY 73 TU".
>
> Thanks for a laugh gents (and gals) and for letting me play - I trust the
> learning experience will help me in the future. I still love playing at
> contesting, what ever the mode - it's a fun hobby :)
>
> Result: 11 Qs and 100% "mucking about"!
>
> Callum
> M0MCX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Cooper [mailto:pcooper at guernsey.net]
> Sent: 22 April 2005 17:22
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [UK-CONTEST] 80m CC RTTY
>
> Hi all,
>
> As Jim noted, there were lots of instances of "not very good" operating
> practices, and I too had a few that got deleted from the log, simply
because
> they called CQ straight away, rather than confirming the contact with a
"73
> TU QRZ?" type message.
> I also found a few that were exceedingly slow to respond to a call, so I
> called again, only to find them sending me a report.
> I do appreciate that some are new to RTTY, but PLEASE do note down what
you
> have in the buffers, and be ready to send them!
>
> It was also hard this far south!
>
> As for running, I found that starting of with CQ was a waste, so I went to
> S&P, and then returned to CQ'ing later in the contest. This proved to be
> better for a short while, but soon got sparse.
>
> I ended up with 45, although I actually worked more than that, it's just
> that they didn't make it into the log!
>
> 73, and see all you RTTY types in the SPRVG at the weekend! (Rules and
info
> can be found a www.rttycontesting.com )
> Phil GU0SUP
>
>
>
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