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Re: [RTTY] hyphen or no hyphen

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Subject: Re: [RTTY] hyphen or no hyphen
From: Earl <n5zm@arrl.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:06:17 -0600
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Scott you are all correct. I agree 100%.

Earl N5ZM..
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Scott Nichols wrote:

> Noel...
> 
> It's all a matter of personal opinion, but here's my 2 cents worth...
> 
> HYPHENS...I prefer spaces, as it makes it easier to click on the exchange as 
> it's by itself and no hyphen will end up in the exchange window...I think 
> the reasoning for hyphens is it makes it faster to transmit, as no shift is 
> required to go from 9 to space, then space to 9...A hyphen is already upper 
> shift...However, a space will most times get you out of 599 PEU PEU PEU 
> which happens when you are sending 599 037-037-037 but the first shift got 
> garbled and the TX is stuck lower shift...Using spaces will force another 
> chance to correct that problem, and you will get to at least see one 
> instance of 037...
> 
> START OF MACRO...I prefer CR or ENTER (one line advance) to start the macro 
> on a fresh line, not CRLF, which advances it 2 lines...Anything more than 1 
> line is not needed
> 
> END OF MACRO - A space or two is a MUST...Keeps the last character from 
> getting garbled in with the mess that will follow due to normal noise. Don't 
> put CR or CRLF at the end of the macro...That causes too much movement of 
> the call and exchange in the DI window...Hard to click on it when it's 
> moving all the time...
> 
> Those are my preferences and reasoning, I'm sure others have different 
> suggestions...
> 
> 73, Scott VE1OP

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