[RTTY] NAQP RTTY

Jim Reisert AD1C jjreisert at alum.mit.edu
Thu Jul 20 12:03:41 EDT 2006


--- Earl <n5zm at arrl.net> wrote:

> While we are on names please all you Al's out there please use Alan or 
> Allen. It sure dose mess up WL when you click on AL and it goes to the 
> state location in the entry box.
> 
> Also some state abbreviations such as DEL and Indiana spelled out. Isn't 
> there a place in the .ini file to steer these exceptions to the proper 
> abbreviations.

Yes, DO NOT spell out the state.  This weekend I saw:

  Delaware (should have been just DE)
  N.C. (should have been just NC, corrected later)

Also avoid the word "IN" as in "AL IN DELAWARE"

I started writing up stuff like this but never finished it:

  http://www.ad1c.us/HamRadio/rttypro.htm

73 - Jim AD1C


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