[RTTY] K or carriage return

[David Levine]

Peter,

I completely agree with you.

I'm tired of seeing:
 CQ WPX K2DSL K2DSL CQ
HK3XX K3XX7G4    (Where do I click to get his call?)
 K3XX 599 234 234 K3XX
VK2DSL 599 123 123   (Did he get my call correct?)
 K3XX TU K2DSL CQ

Now, I'm glad the K3XX called me but I need to work that much harder for
what - 1/4 of a sec of time? I also can introduce typos into the process vs
clicking and no typing.

K2DSL - with a single space before/after each macro

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Peter Laws <plaws at plaws.net> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 09:24, w6otc at garlic.com <w6otc at garlic.com> wrote:
> > Reply:  CQWW RTTY, Sept. 2010, P49X (W0YK) claimed 5024 QSOs as SOAB
> HP.At
> > 100+/hr for 48 hrs, seconds begin to look significant.
>
>
> I still don't get why the issue of making your own macros as efficient
> as possible is a controversial topic.  Why *wouldn't* you want to be
> efficient?  As seen above, seconds mean QSOs and for some stations,
> that's the whole point.  It is a contest, after all.
>
> Even if you're not going to win (I'm not!), wouldn't common courtesy
> dictate that you respect those who are and work to make your own QSOs
> as efficient as possible?
>
> In the case of adding a char to the end of your macros, these spaces
> are not superfluous, they are critical to efficiently conveying your
> message.  As noted, you can skip extra chars at the end, but then your
> message doesn't get through as quickly many times.
>
> I used to have a CR at the end of my macros until someone here pointed
> out the fact that you are making the other operator "chase you" up the
> screen.  Now they all have spaces (or should have).  I think three is
> probably two too many, but I'll listen evidence that it's not.
>
>
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