[RTTY] WPX suggestion

[Bill Turner]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:23:24 -0600, you wrote:

>But won't the extra digits and space slow me down?  :)

REPLY: 
Yes they do slow you down and you might be surprised how much.

Every character takes 167 mS to send. If you send 

K1AM 599 001 001 W6WRT
instead of 
K1AM 599 1 1 W6WRT

You are sending four extra characters.  If you make 1000 QSOs that's at
least 4000 extra characters, not counting repeats. 

4000 x .167 seconds =  672 seconds, or 11.2 minutes.

How many more stations can you work in 11.2 minutes?

Nevertheless, I will be sending leading zeroes because most folks prefer
them. And if I lose by one or two Q's, I will be highly upset.  :-)

Bill, W6WRT