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Re: [RTTY] K or carriage return

To: Al Kozakiewicz <akozak@hourglass.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] K or carriage return
From: "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:20:38 -0500
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>> Yes, but a extra space (or CR) adds almost 22 ms to an exchange

Actually each character adds 165 ms (7.5  x 22) ... three spaces
add a whopping 495 ms.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2/13/2011 9:02 PM, Al Kozakiewicz wrote:
> Yes, but a extra space (or CR) adds almost 22 ms to an exchange and, well, 
> those add up, don't they?  Wasn't there a thread discussing that here just 
> recently?
>
> ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^) ;^)
>
> Al
> AB2ZY
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On 
> Behalf Of Bill, W6WRT
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 8:54 PM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] K or carriage return
>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:20:58 -0500 (EST), W70m@aol.com wrote:
>
>> For purposes of a thread, I find the use of carriage returns at the
>> termination of a macro to save a lot of repeats; not to mention busted
>> calls
>
> REPLY:
>
> A carriage return is better than nothing, but even better is just a single 
> space. The carriage return with some software will cause the text to jump up 
> a line just as you are trying to click on it. A space serves the same purpose 
> of separating text from noise but avoids the jump.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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