[RTTY] RTTY

[Hank Garretson]

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Kok Chen <chen at mac.com> wrote:

Changing the number of stop bits will change the WPM (without changing the
> baud rate).  The difference between 1 stop bit (7 bits per character) and 2
> stop bits (8 bits per character) can slow you down noticeably (almost 15%).
>

That could have been it.


> The other possibility is your exchange itself.  If you are using a space
> character in between two numbers, each one will introduce an extra FIGS
> character if you have USOS turned on.  This BARTG is a numbers only
> exchange, so there could be many extra FIGS being thrown around.  If an
> exchange has 25 characters, and there are just two extra FIGS in there, you
> slow down by 8%.  For example, if others are sending "599-0123-0123," and
> you send "599 0123 0123," you can be perceived to be slower.
>

This is possible, but I don't think it's what I heard. The rhythm was
noticeably off. I think the rhythm would sound the same with or without
Extra FIGS.

Ski Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX

Mammoth Lakes, California

Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light