[WriteLog] WPX RTTY

[Tom Shelton]

This is also why you will see (mostly old-timers) send TOO instead of 599. 
When RTTY machines (remember paper tape) were considered state of the art, 
the operators would save time when sending the signal report and not switch. 
Since it was a programmed part of the message, everyone knew that TOO meant 
599, and adjusted accordingly...

-----Original Message----- 
From: Randy Thompson K5ZD
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 5:17 PM
To: W2GR at aol.com ; writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WPX RTTY

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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