[RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports

[Dave Hachadorian]

What software are you using that makes it hard to select a number 
separated by dashes? It's no problem in N1MM and Writelog, with 
MMTTY running. Dashes are faster than a space, since there are no 
unshift and shift characters. There have been long discussions on 
the reflector of the advantages of dashes to separate numbers.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL (at K7ABC, with dashes)
Yuma, AZ

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From: "Dick Kriss" <aa5vu at arrl.net>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:24 AM
To: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: [RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports

> One very annoying observation in the BARTG SPRINT contest
> was a number of operators that would send their serial numbers
> separated by dashes.   They would send <call> 214-214 <call>
> that was easy to see on the screen but hard to mouse select
> and log the report.  When I would see a report with a dash, I
> found it easier to just type in the report.  There we some that
> did both <call> 214 214-214 <call> and that helped.
>
> Can someone explain why so many operators feel they need to
> separate the report with a dash rather than a space?
>
> 73 Dick AA5VU
>
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