[RTTY] dashes vs. no dashes

[robert]

indeed.
So we don't have much time to think or do something else like putting data
in the log or read the message while these extra characters are being sent.
all we lose is the qrz that we send after the call. In many cases in a pile
up other station are already calling and are ven in your buffer when you
have finished the qso.
In short skip the QRZ at the end and you gain time.
I think that this time 1/3 or 2/3 of a second don't make you loose many
QSO's in a contest.
In the old days when tose old mechanical rtty machines were in use this usos
character was needed to change the printing frame in the machine. I had a
machine like this for reparing when I was learnig this electronic stuff. It
was a big machine and a electric motor burnt out because of lack of
lubrication. this motor was changing the frame from numbers to letters and
it took about 6 seconds for the motor to change the frame.  If that should
happen every time a letter/number change came after every usos.
just think 3 to 5 QSO's in a minute would be good result.

73 de tf3rb....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Ferch" <ve3iay at rac.ca>
To: "robert" <tf3rb at internet.is>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] dashes vs. no dashes


> About 0.33 seconds (0.165 seconds each character).
>
> 73,
> Rich VE3IAY
>
> At 11:06 AM 01/01/2006, you wrote:
>
> >I wonder how  "  l o n g  "  time it takes to send those extra two
> >characters in the exchange
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Richard Ferch" <ve3iay at rac.ca>
> >To: <rtty at contesting.com>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 3:52 PM
> >Subject: Re: [RTTY] dashes vs. no dashes
> >
> ><snip>
> > >
> > > The solution to this is to check the UOS box in MMTTY's TX options
tab.
> >The
> > > transmitted text becomes 14 characters -
> > > [FIGS]599[SP][FIGS]001[SP][FIGS]001 . Those two extra [FIGS]
characters
> > > solve the problem with the UOS on receive, plus they increase the
> > > reliability even for receiving stations who do not use UOS. The worst
that
> > > can happen with a one-character hit is TOO 001 001 or 599 PPQ 001 or
599
> > > 001 PPQ, regardless of whether the receiving station uses UOS or not.
> > > Overhead in this example is about 0.3 seconds (two extra [FIGS]
> >characters).
>
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