[RTTY] WPX suggestion

[N6OJ]

And how much time giving repeats because of no leading zeros ???


Chuck
N6OJ



At 03:55 PM 2/7/2013, you wrote:
>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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