[RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup

[robert]

Hi Bill.

I did read about it long time ago but I forgot it. I guess it's because I
never think about it any moore.
I have seen this dashes in many rtty programs as a default and always
removed the dashes it did work a lot better for me not to get them so I dis
not send them.
Thanks Bill for reminding me of those darn dashes.
73 73 and a happy new year
de tf3tty   ex tf3rb.....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
To: "Tyler Stewart" <k3mm at verizon.net>; "'robert'" <tf3rb at internet.is>;
<RTTY at contesting.com>; "'Shelby Summerville'" <k4ww at arrl.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Suggestion for upcoming RTTY Roundup


>
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> At 12:15 PM 12/31/2005, Tyler Stewart wrote:
> >Guess it depends on how smart your decoder is
> >(both computer and human software) and whether you can type well which
way
> >works better.  My preference is for dashes...
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> It's not a question of smart or dumb decoders, it's an inherent issue
> with Unshift On Space (USOS). What you are doing by sending dashes is
> foiling USOS, not a good idea, IMO. Nearly every TNC and software
> uses USOS by default, for good reason.
>
> For those new to RTTY, USOS resets your FIGS/LTRS case back to LTRS
> every time a space is sent or received. When copy is poor because of
> QRM/QRN and dashes are being used, the reset never happens and you
> get print like this:  599-48-48-48 instead of 599-RI-RI-RI. If you
> send 599 RI RI RI (without dashes) then USOS can reset back to LTRS
> with each space and you will get at worst 599 48 RI RI.
>
> The idea of using dashes goes back to the early days of RTTY
> contesting before anyone realized the value of USOS. WF1B, bless his
> heart, included dashes in his default macros and people have been
> using them ever since. Sending dashes does indeed make sending
> faster, but you pay the price. I've been harping on this issue for
> years and gradually more and more people are seeing the light. Try it
> and see if the number of requests for repeats falls off dramatically.
> I'm betting you will change too.
>
> To sum it up:
> Dash = bad.
> Space = good.
> :-)
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
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