[RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports

[Jeff Blaine AC0C]

A compendium of this guy's (Chen) comments would be a hard-core RTTY 
enthusiasts must-have.

I can see it now...  "Everything you always wanted to know about RTTY but 
were afraid to ask by Kok Chen."  Something like that.

73/jeff/ac0c


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From: "Phil Sussman" <psussman at pactor.com>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:10 PM
To: "B. Smith" <billn3xl at yahoo.com>
Cc: "RTTY Reflector" <rtty at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports

> 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
>
> --------
>
> 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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