[WriteLog] WPX RTTY

[Tom Shelton]

I'm not an old timer, but I've heard this from several sources.  Maybe its 
true, maybe not - but it’s a good story...  hi hi

Tom, AB3IC

-----Original Message----- 
From: Robert Chudek - K0RC
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 9:41 PM
To: writelog at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WPX RTTY

I have been a RTTY operator since 1964. I don't know if that qualifies
me as an Old Timer or not.

This is the first time I ever heard this explanation.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 2/11/2012 7:40 PM, Tom Shelton wrote:
> 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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