[RTTY] K or carriage return
RW4WZ
rw4wz at udm.net
Mon Feb 14 04:12:56 PST 2011
> > The "penalty" for the three
> >extra spaces is less than 1/2 second so it should not impact
> even the
> >stations with the highest rate.
>
> REPLY:
>
> 1/2 second times 1000 QSOs is 8.3 minutes. Won't matter to
> casual contesters but serious contesters have won and lost by
> one or two Q's.
>
> How many Q's can be made in 8.3 minutes?
They waste more then this when do not putting the space after call sign.
Last WPX I note that almost all big guns do this and it takes 4-6 seconds
for me try to retrieve the call from the garbage on the screen. I never ask
to repeat because I know that I'll get the same garbage
Larry
RW4WZ
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