[RTTY] hyphen or no hyphen

[Bill Coleman]

On Feb 15, 2007, at 1:11 PM, Graham Ridgeway wrote:

> Correct - absolute silence - and the Wife loves it.......I can think
> of little worse than being assaulted by 48 hours of jingle bells -
> apart of course from being assaulted by the Wife <smile>

Wife assault aside, I find that listening to the signals gives you an  
extra dimension that you can't always get from watching the print and  
crossed-banana display. You can often hear signals that don't print  
well, even if they are in tune.

Sometimes it makes the difference between CQing in someone face and  
the more friendly QRZ? The former will often cause them to give up,  
the latter invites them to try again.

When running RTTY, I wear headphones and listen to the audio, but I  
turn the volume WAY down.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901