[WriteLog] WPX RTTY

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

This happens when the decoder misses a shift to numbers character.  If you
look at the number on the keyboard just above the letter you copy, that is
the number they sent.  E.g., R=4, T=5, I=8, etc.

This caught me by surprise during my first RTTY contest also!

Randy, K5ZD


> -----Original Message-----
> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:writelog-
> bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of W2GR at aol.com
> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 8:33 PM
> To: writelog at contesting.com
> Subject: [WriteLog] WPX RTTY
> 
> Just a quick and probably stupid question....
> 
> This is my first time in the RTTY WPX and was wondering why some stations
> send a series of letters instead of  a serial number?...WL will not accept
> the letters in the number field....I couldn't find anything on the CQ
> site.
> I  logged the contacts with a 1 in the field and wrote down what they
> sent....for  when I know what to put there!...
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike W2GR
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