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Re: [RTTY] Double buffers?

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Subject: Re: [RTTY] Double buffers?
From: David Wilburn <dave.wilburn@verizon.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:10:03 -0400
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Great stuff, thanks.  It is all about having the macro setup, and 
timing.  I use N1MM / MMTTY.

David Wilburn
NM4M




Ed Muns wrote:
>> Where do I find out more about the additional buffer(s) that 
>> allow a station running, to reply to two stations, one after 
>> the other?
> 
> AA5AU describes the macro to do this in WriteLog in his tutorial on
> www.rttycontesting.com.  The form most people use is:
> 
> NM4M TU NW W0YK 599 CA
> 
> If you log the NM4M QSO while he is sending his exchange to you, and put the
> W0YK call sign in the Entry Window, then the macro is written with
> parameters that select the n-1 call sign or the current call sign.
> 
> This is a great technique to use under the principle "Slow Down to Win".
> Instead of coming back to the first clear call sign you get in a pile-up,
> wait ("slow down") for a second to see if another call sign will emerge.  If
> you can get two or more call signs out of each pileup, then you can use the
> above macro to cut your QSO time in half.  You eliminate a CQ and its
> response.  Instead you only send the exchange along with the prior QSO's QSL
> message (the macro above) and then copy the exchange sent to you and send
> another QSL message.
> 
> 73,
> Ed - W0YK
> 
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