[RTTY] hyphen or no hyphen

[Graham Ridgeway]

On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:25:19 -0800, Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net>
wrote:

>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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>On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:10:13 +0000, Graham Ridgeway
> <m5aav at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>I quite like the way You send it Noel
>>
>>
>>VE2RYY VE2RYY DE M5AAV M5AAV M5AAV KN 
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>I would recommend not sending "KN", "K", "BK" or anything of the like.
>Those are valuable prosigns for CW because they make it clear that
>it's your turn to transmit. In RTTY, dropping the carrier serves the
>same purpose. In a non-contest situation nobody cares, but in a
>contest, milliseconds really do count.
>
>73, Bill W6WRT

Possibly yes.

However running, as I do here, relatively low power [and in silent
mode] I would much rather have, and send a K or KN.

'orses fer courses.


73 Graham M5AAV