[RTTY] RTTY Digest, Vol 97, Issue 5

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:11:54 -0500, Jerry Flanders
<jeflanders at comcast.net> wrote:

>When I searched for references to K5WW's note I found that a Mr. Zook 
>had requested such a rule concerning "DE" a few years back but his 
>petition was denied.
>
>There is NO requirement for DE. DE is dead!
>
>Jerry W4UK

REPLY:

Thank you, Jerry. In all fairness, I think DE serves a good purpose for
CW because it alerts the ear for what is coming next. It lets you pick
up the speed, tone and rhythm before you hear the actual call sign. With
RTTY, no such thing is necessary. 

73, Bill W6WRT