But for those who use Writelog it saves time for both of us when they get my
call on the first try.
73,
Tom, KE1JF
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From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 9:23 AM
To: <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] [CQ-Contest] [WriteLog] Suggestions for RTTY RU
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 12:50:04 +0000, Doug McDuff <w4ox@bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
>
>>As such, can someone please let me know how the use of "DE" before
>>one's call legitimately causes others to "suffer?" If there is a
>>viable reason why it should not be used I definitely would like to
>>know.
>
> REPLY:
>
> It's a matter of wasted time. Every character or space takes 167
> milliseconds, so DE(space) requires .5 seconds. If you work 1000
> stations during the contest, that wastes 500 seconds. If you call CQ
> 2000 times during the contest that wastes another 1000 seconds. Put them
> together and you have wasted 1500 seconds, or 25 minutes.
>
> How many extra stations could you have worked in 25 minutes?
>
> And that's only for you. Add in the other station's time wasted with his
> DE(space) and the minutes just add up and up.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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