[RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports

[Phil Sussman]

When dealing with the dash, the authority to consult is CHEN.

He can explain hows and whys of the dash. I remember reading 
an excellent explanation. Hopefully, Chen has an 'instant replay'
of his in depth analysis.  :) Grin


73 de Phil - N8PS

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Quoting "B. Smith" <billn3xl at yahoo.com>:

> There was comment in a thread awhile back about a dash being an easier/faster
> decode than a space and recommended using it in place of a space to improve
> the data transmission. My preference has always been to use a space, because
> my signal reports seem to get through just fine and I prefer the way it
> looks. I'm glad this pleases writelog users - but I must say N1MM picks out
> the number amidst the dashes just fine - fyi.
> 
> 73
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Roger Cooke <g3ldi at g3ldi.co.uk>
> Cc: RTTY Reflector <rtty at contesting.com>
> Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 8:36:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports
> 
> Hi.
> 
>   I agree. The other thing that is quite annoying is for the
> extremists among us who just return with  "152"  and that's it.
> I don't like heavily populated macros, but that is just plain stupid.
> 
>   There is another one,  the 10 line feeds after sending their
> report!!  Chasing it up the screen is impossible, because you
> cannot scroll up enough! Is that a deliberate contesting tactic? ;-)
> 
> It was nice to see some JAs and ZLs on though, just wish I had
> more time to operate. 
> 
> 73 de Roger, G3LDI  Chairman BARTG  O:-)
> 
> Dick Kriss wrote:
> > 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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