[RTTY] The perfect delay for run CQ?

[Fabi va2up]

Rich welcome first of all,

there is no such thing as a perfect delay time. Only you can tell if you need to make it longer or shorter according to the type of conditions you will encounter. 
4 sec is about average I would say but you'll have to adjust even within the same contest and more than once as propagation changes or as you will qsy to another band. You'll develop your own rythm as time passes and experience sinks in I guess. 
Excellent question BTW! GL

73, 

Fabi  va2up
http://sites.google.com/site/va2upcontesting/




> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:39:41 -0800
> From: rehill at ix.netcom.com
> To: rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] The perfect delay for run CQ?
> 
> Curious what y'all use for CQ delay in your run macro?
> I tried values from 3 to 5 seconds and it seemed that about 4 seconds 
> worked.
> Running barefoot to dipoles, or 400W to dipoles.
> 
> New to rtty contesting and working towards perfection <grin>.
> 
> Rich
> NU6T
> (see, no DE)
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