[RTTY] Strange XE Contest exchanges

[RW4WZ]

> 
> Kinda silly.
> 
> (1) it is *very* slow to transmit under USOS (it forces a 
> FIGS right after each of the space characters above, not to 
> mention the time to transmit the spaces themselves),
> 
> (2) it does not help when the receiver is non-USOS user, and 
> the additional characters just add more probability of errors,
> 
> (3) when transmitted from a non-USOS transmitter, the above 
> will print QWERTY-gibberish on a USOS receiver.
> 
> 
> If you are transmitting with USOS, why not just use something 
> simple like "599 001 001" and "599-OR-OR".  Both USOS and 
> non-USOS receivers can copy those transmissions; notice the 
> difference when transmitting numbers or letters exchanges.  
> Just don't transmit "599 OR OR,"  
> otherwise a non-USOS station will never copy you, no matter 
> how many times you repeat.

How about to transmit  "599 <NUMBERS>001 001" for both USOS
and non-USOS ?

<NUMBERS> - MixW command to force numbers in RTTY

Yes, it is longer but more reliable. Finally we spend less time
in whole contest instead of repeating number several times.

73!

Larry

RW4WZ