[RTTY] USOS FIGS

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

> But as AD1C observed, this has a religious aspect to it. :-)

Amen!

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com>
To: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] USOS FIGS


> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Tue,  7 Jul 2009 09:24:47 -0400, Phil Sussman <psussman at pactor.com> 
> wrote:
>
>>After all, if less errors is the goal, then (-) is the way
>>to go.
>
> REPLY:
>
> With more than a hundred RTTY contests in the log, my experience says 
> otherwise.
> The issue is't the number of errors, it is the number of requests for 
> repeats.
> That may sound like the same thing, but it isn't. If you take the exchange
> 599-017-017. one error (a missing figs shift at the beginning) will make 
> it
> print as TOO-PQU-PQU and most ops will ask for a repeat. By comparison, 
> with 599
> 011 011 and USOS, that same missing figs shift will print as TOO 011 011 
> and
> most ops will get it.
>
> I grant you that the more experienced ops will figure out the "PQU" but 
> the
> newer ops won't, and there are always lots of newer ops in any contest. 
> Just one
> request for a repeat will burn up more time than you save with hundreds of
> hyphens.
>
> But as AD1C observed, this has a religious aspect to it. :-)
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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