When dealing with the dash, the authority to consult is CHEN.
He can explain hows and whys of the dash. I remember reading
an excellent explanation. Hopefully, Chen has an 'instant replay'
of his in depth analysis. :) Grin
73 de Phil - N8PS
--------
Quoting "B. Smith" <billn3xl@yahoo.com>:
> There was comment in a thread awhile back about a dash being an easier/faster
> decode than a space and recommended using it in place of a space to improve
> the data transmission. My preference has always been to use a space, because
> my signal reports seem to get through just fine and I prefer the way it
> looks. I'm glad this pleases writelog users - but I must say N1MM picks out
> the number amidst the dashes just fine - fyi.
>
> 73
> Bill
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Roger Cooke <g3ldi@g3ldi.co.uk>
> Cc: RTTY Reflector <rtty@contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 8:36:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports
>
> Hi.
>
> I agree. The other thing that is quite annoying is for the
> extremists among us who just return with "152" and that's it.
> I don't like heavily populated macros, but that is just plain stupid.
>
> There is another one, the 10 line feeds after sending their
> report!! Chasing it up the screen is impossible, because you
> cannot scroll up enough! Is that a deliberate contesting tactic? ;-)
>
> It was nice to see some JAs and ZLs on though, just wish I had
> more time to operate.
>
> 73 de Roger, G3LDI Chairman BARTG O:-)
>
> Dick Kriss wrote:
> > One very annoying observation in the BARTG SPRINT contest
> > was a number of operators that would send their serial numbers
> > separated by dashes. They would send <call> 214-214 <call>
> > that was easy to see on the screen but hard to mouse select
> > and log the report. When I would see a report with a dash, I
> > found it easier to just type in the report. There we some that
> > did both <call> 214 214-214 <call> and that helped.
> >
> > Can someone explain why so many operators feel they need to
> > separate the report with a dash rather than a space?
> >
> > 73 Dick AA5VU
> >
> >
> >
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