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Re: [RTTY] Latest craze in contest exchanges?

To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Latest craze in contest exchanges?
From: "VA3XRZ [R]" <va3xrz@rac.ca>
Reply-to: "VA3XRZ [R]" <va3xrz@rac.ca>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 23:42:30 -0500
List-post: <mailto:rtty@contesting.com>
Those dots drove me nuts, they are a terrible idea, they prevent the
software from picking up callsigns. Just use a space or two at the beginning
please.
73,
Julio VE3FH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ekki Plicht" <ep@plicht.de>
To: "_ _ _RTTY" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Mon 14-Feb-2005 18:12
Subject: [RTTY] Latest craze in contest exchanges?


> During the recent WPX (as op at LX8M) I noticed a lot of stations, mostly
from
> eastern and southern EU who started their transmission with three or four
> dots. Like
>
> ... LX8M de <callsign> <callsign>
> ... LX8M UR 599 001 001
>
> and so on.
>
> Has there been an article I missed which said that this is the best remedy
> against whatever problem or what?
>
> Ok, I know that some TU are slow to sync on a signal, I start all my
> transmission with a <space><CR> sequence. But why dots? And why so many?
>
>
> Curious,
> Ekki, DF4OR
>

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