[RTTY] K or carriage return

[Dick Flanagan]

I have found three seconds to be a good compromise for me, but, then 
again, I'm new...

Dick

At 11:08 PM 2/16/2011, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
 >ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
 >
 >On Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:15:19 -0500, Al Kozakiewicz
 ><akozak at hourglass.com> wrote:
 >
 >> Is 5 seconds of silence too long?
 >
 >REPLY:
 >
 >Definitely. At five seconds a lot of stations will tune right by and
 >never know you're there. I do about 1 to 1.5 seconds and that seems
 >about right.
 >
 >73, Bill W6WRT
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