No. I'm simply asking that ops look or listen on the freq before the transmit.
The fact that these ops moved off freq after I put out several long lines of the "freq is in use" on their mode at 50w proves the fact that if they would have just had the common sense and courtesy to take a minute to listen, they would have known there was a qso ongoing. Do you suppose they're running their RTTY station in such a way that they can neither hear or see a signal? -Dave, KB3FXI --- In [email protected], Ralph Mowery <ku...@...> wrote: > > Let me get this right. You want a station to ask if the frequency is in > use. > That is understandable except he will be on RTTY and you are on another sound > card mode. Many times stations do not even have the audio running now. They > are just looking at a digital display and clicking on the signals. If it > does > not look like a rtty signal then it is ignored. > > > I don't do contest either except for some at field day and some vhf and above > contest. > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: KB3FXI <kb3...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 12:57:03 PM > Subject: [digitalradio] Re: RTTY and common courtesy > > > > > I agree. And while I have little or no interest in contesting, I can > appreciate > it as being a big part of amateur radio and does have value in practice and > experience in understanding exchanges and band conditions/propagation. And > for a > great many people, it's just plain old fun. > > But, there's really no excuse for ops to just pop on a frequency that is in > use. > What the 3 ops did on the net I was participating in last night was really > inexcusable. > > I helped with a special event station yesterday and on ever qsy I first > listened > and put out 3 calls asking if the freq was in use. This procedure took about > 1 > minute of my time and I was assured that I was not interfering with a qso in > progress. > > It's just common sense and common courtesy. > > -Dave, KB3FXI >
