[RTTY] To dash or not to dash - the bottom line

[Dave Hachadorian]

> Here's how to settle it for yourself:
> Do two contests, one with the dash like this:  599-123-123
> and one without, like this: 599 123 123
> And see which style causes more requests for a repeat.


I just switched to dashes for the BARTG Sprint. I had always used 
spaces before. It seemed to me that there were fewer requests for 
repeats than in the past, certainly not more requests.

My cq exchange(with sn #1): linefeed hiscall 1-1 space

My S&P exchange (with sn #2): linefeed 2-2 space

It was fast, and in a contest fast is fun! Why load it all up 
with unnecessary callsigns, leading zeros, 599s, shifts, BTUs, 
etc?  Get to the meat of the matter and git 'er done!

Oh, and if I ask for a repeat on your number, puleez don't lazily 
hit the exchange key again. Just send me the number! In the time 
it takes to resend the exchange, you could have resent just the 
number 20 times! (30 times if you use dashes)

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL (at K7ABC)
Yuma, AZ



















































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