[RTTY] Macro for the upcoming DL-DX contest

[Chris]

Bill-

Not to be picky but your 2k number totally unreasonable unless I
missed a new math class.

60 seconds in a minute * 60 minutes in 1 hour = 3600 seconds per hour

3600 seconds / 49 seconds for each CQ call = 73.47 CQ calls per hour

In your example:

2000 CQ calls / 24 hours of contest = 83.33 CQ calls per hour.

Since you can't change 60min in 1 hour, the conceivable max number of
CQ calls you can make is 1763, assuming you do not make any Q's which
is contrary to the point of the contest...

I think your .333 seconds might squeeze out 2-3 minutes but not near 11min.

73-
Chris
kb5u



On 7/2/07, Bill Turner <dezrat at copper.net> wrote:
> The title for this weekend's RTTY contest is the DL-DX contest. I
> believe however, that the hyphen should not be used in your CQ macro
> because it requires a FIGS character before the hyphen and a LTRS
> character after, using an extra 167 milliseconds each, or about 1/3 of
> a second for both.
>
> Instead of
>
> CQ DL-DX DE <YOURCALL>
>
> use
>
> CQ DL DX DE <YOURCALL>
>
> It looks like the same number of characters, but it is not. There is a
> non-printing FiGS character before the hyphen and a LTRS
> character after. Those milliseconds add up. If you call CQ 2000 times
> during the 24-hour contest (a not unreasonable number), you will save
> over 11 minutes, enough to make a few more QSOs and trounce your
> buddy across town and take first place! :-)
>
> If you're feeling a bit skeptical about this, try an experiment:
>
> Make a CQ macro with the hyphen and one without. Using a stopwatch or
> some kind of timer. send the macro ten times in a row with no breaks
> and time how long it takes, then divide by ten to see how long one CQ
> takes. Doing it ten times gives better accuracy than trying to time a
> single CQ. Then do it again with the other macro. You will find the
> hyphened macro takes almost exactly three seconds longer to sent it
> ten times, or .333 seconds per CQ. In my case, the non-hyphenated
> macro took 49 seconds for ten and the hyphenated one took 52, a
> difference of three. Use a timer with tenths of a second if you have
> one.
>
> Good luck to all, see you in the contest.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
> Who finally has his 20/15/10 meter beam up! Yay!!!
>
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