Also on this line of thought. It also prevents confusion if each and every
line is preceded and ended with a carrige return and a line feed., that
helps keep stuff seperated.
73 y'all RoY N4AN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au@bellsouth.net>
To: "Jerry Flanders" <jeflanders@comcast.net>; <RTTY@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] DE
> > >your callsign like DE AA5AU AA5AU K. Not necessarily DE AA5AU DE AA5AU
K.
> >
> > Is the "K" really required here? Why?
> >
> > Jerry W4UK
> >
>
> Another excellent question and one that I've pondered. In Roundup I did
not use
> a K at the end of my CQ message or at the end of my confirmation/QRZ
message
> but I did but a space at the very end of those messages. It seemed to
work out
> fine. I did put BK at the end of my exchange buffer though.
>
> My thinking here is that sometimes when copy is not good, signal weak or
QRM,
> I want something at the end to disguish that my transmission has ended.
Heck, with
> MMTTY copying so good these days, sometimes it's hard to hear when a
station
> ends his transmission. I don't know that a K is necessary, but something,
at least a
> space is needed.
>
> There were a couple of stations that I saw that did not end their
transmission with a
> space or a K and it came out like DE AA5AURPTVIWBOESAZ. So you can guess
> what got highlighted - AA5AURPTVIWBOESAZ.
>
> And if Jerry were to do it, it would come out DE W4UKRQBOERZELMOE or
something.
> You wouldn't know if it was W4UK or W4UKR. Actually we would all know it
was
> Jerry, but maybe on a new callsign, it might cause problems.
>
> Another good question though. Good for discussion.
>
> 73, Don
>
>
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