All,
I thought I would share some observations that might be helpful for
folks on the other side of the DX pileup.
1. Use only DE-2 or DE-3 NEVER NEVER DE-4 :-(
2. Tail-ending is worthless if the pileup is large (find a clear spot
and hope the DX station finds you, follow their m.o....moving up?
moving down?
3. Keep macros SHORT. Don't need AGE, CQ Zone, State, etc.
4. If the DX station comes back with your call correctly, don't repeat
it several times because there is a chance it will decode differently
at the end of the exchange. Maybe have two RST macros, one with call
once, another with multiple.
5. NEVER NEVER use keyboard mode because it is PAINFUL to
W.A.I.T...F.O.R...Y.O.U....TO...TYPE.....
6. Listen to instructions. If the DX Station is asking for JA's, if
yo're not a JA don't call. I had some BOZO that after I asked for
JA's, he went into a diatribe about "PLEASE LISTEN FOR LOW POWER
STATIONS" How the heck could a DX station possibly enforce this
request!!!???####
Thanks to several stations that pointed out that I had deliberate QRM
on my TX frequency (I was beginning to wonder why I had so many
repeats).
Tim K5AC (PJ6A RTTY operator....along with N4LR and KU4V)
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Tim,
thanks for good advice, sometimes although we should know better, we get caught up trying to work the dx and forget some of these basic rules.
...too bad you didn't want to log me on 17M rtty giving me a B4. I didn't argue but you had me in 17 cw and I think this is what played against me. I didn't argue but would have welcome the rtty qso...next time I guess :)
Thanks for everything,
73
Fabi va2up
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> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:02:39 -0500
> From:
> To:
> CC:
> Subject: [RTTY] Observations from PJ6A - RTTY
>
> All,
> I thought I would share some observations that might be helpful for
> folks on the other side of the DX pileup.
>
> 1. Use only DE-2 or DE-3 NEVER NEVER DE-4 :-(
>
> 2. Tail-ending is worthless if the pileup is large (find a clear spot
> and hope the DX station finds you, follow their m.o....moving up?
> moving down?
>
> 3. Keep macros SHORT. Don't need AGE, CQ Zone, State, etc.
>
> 4. If the DX station comes back with your call correctly, don't repeat
> it several times because there is a chance it will decode differently
> at the end of the exchange. Maybe have two RST macros, one with call
> once, another with multiple.
>
> 5. NEVER NEVER use keyboard mode because it is PAINFUL to
> W.A.I.T...F.O.R...Y.O.U....TO...TYPE.....
>
> 6. Listen to instructions. If the DX Station is asking for JA's, if
> yo're not a JA don't call. I had some BOZO that after I asked for
> JA's, he went into a diatribe about "PLEASE LISTEN FOR LOW POWER
> STATIONS" How the heck could a DX station possibly enforce this
> request!!!???####
>
> Thanks to several stations that pointed out that I had deliberate QRM
> on my TX frequency (I was beginning to wonder why I had so many
> repeats).
>
> Tim K5AC (PJ6A RTTY operator....along with N4LR and KU4V)
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
> 5. NEVER NEVER use keyboard mode because it is PAINFUL
> to
> W.A.I.T...F.O.R...Y.O.U....TO...TYPE.....
>
I always use keyboard mode for the exchange with DX stations on RTTY. Only a problem if you can't type faster than 60 WPM. So I wouldn't say "NEVER NEVER" to this one. It's better than hitting the wrong function key.
Great RTTY operation from PJ6A! Thanks!!!
73, Don AA5AU
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