[RTTY] WPX suggestion

[Jeff Blaine]

Bill,

There is only a double penalty on the first 9 qso.  And a single character 
penalty on the balance 91.  So the total time loss is a fraction of the 11 
minutes.  Right?

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Bill Turner
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:55 PM
To: RTTY Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] WPX suggestion

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
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