[na-user] NA observations

[Bill Fisher - W4AN]

BTW, in CT a half space is a caret (^).  


On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Ron Wetjen wrote:

> 
> Doug Brandon wrote:
> 
> > Is there a special CW character for inserting a "half space"?  Some calls
> > sound a lot better when small delays are put in various places in the call
> > like W6~E~EN.  I tried W6-EE+N a few times, but it didn't really have the
> > desired effect.
> 
> Yes, I think this would be great!  Lot's of folks have trouble with my
> call (except those of worked hundreds of times!), and I think an extra
> half space would really help. Besides having my call, "WD4AHZ" in F4,
> for CQWW and the 10 Meter Contest, I put it in as "W D 4 A H Z" (with a
> full space between letters) in F6 for those who still had troubles with
> it, but it just didn't sound right ... but they got my call that way
> just fine!  It would also help quite a bit to use it when sending serial
> numbers, since a lot of times they just seem to run together (especially
> with the higher speed guys).  Just a fraction of a second pause, I
> think, would make copying numbers just a tad easier ... and maybe reduce
> the need for fills (even with cut numbers).
> 
> 73, Ron
> 
> (P.S. Thanks for NA 10.43 Dave ... it's been working great, and didn't
> have the "memory" problem that I've had before when I'd upgrade to a new
> version!)
> 
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