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1. [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: "Ken Anderson, N0AS" <n0as.dx@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:42:46 -0500; I've only been running rtty for about 3 months. I get the dots thing............can be annoying. I sometimes use hyphens between numbers, e.g., 599-599. Not a good idea? Or is the hyphen thing someth; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00130.html (8,883 bytes)
2. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:56:23 -0500; Ken A hyphen is fine. It eliminates unneeded characters from being sent in the example you provided below. 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN -- _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00131.html (9,420 bytes)
3. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: "Gary AL9A" <al9a@mtaonline.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:25:45 -0800; Ken, I am gradually changing my contest macros to include hyphens between the numbers of an exchange. For example, in the just completed JARTS contest I sent "599-67-67". The hyphens prevent USOS fro; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00132.html (10,920 bytes)
4. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: Fabi va2up <va2up@live.ca>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:42:47 -0400; I do use the mixed hyphens thing with relative success in numeric exchanges and not being asked for repeats : 599 066-066-066. The extra speed gained allows me to put in the 3rd exchange in just abou; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00133.html (12,152 bytes)
5. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: "Jeff Blaine" <keepwalking188@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:59:14 -0500; The space/hyphen debate is well covered in the archives. But for me, the biggest help I can offer to a new guy is to put a space before and after their transmission. When a guy replies to my CQ with; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00134.html (14,300 bytes)
6. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 14:34:42 -0700; The hyphen is a mixed bag. Back in the early days of RTTY contesting, someone figured out that putting hyphens between the elements of an exchange speeded up the transmission. You can try it yourself; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00135.html (10,477 bytes)
7. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: "Ken Anderson, N0AS" <n0as.dx@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:47:48 -0500; Thanks All, You've got me pretty well squared away. What you've suggested is pretty much what I've been doing. I should probably shorten up my macros a character or two, tho (K, DE). I'm in the conte; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00137.html (15,845 bytes)
8. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net>; Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:11:22 -0500; Ken, If you're using N1MM Logger for contesting, there is an option to suppress multiple line feeds. Go into the DI-1 menu > Settings > General/MMTTY Setup tab. In the left column, the third item dow; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00140.html (17,667 bytes)
9. Re: [RTTY] Hyphens ( was Contesting too long?) (score: 1): Author: <john@kk9a.com>; Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2011 18:38:10 -0800; As a RTTY newcomer, I really appreciate your USOS explanation. Only a small percentage of the stations that I have worked in RTTY contesting used a hyphen and I did not know the logic behind it. I pl; /archives//html/RTTY/2011-10/msg00151.html (9,209 bytes)

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