[RTTY] WPX suggestion

[Keith Maton]

If you really want to speed things up, throw away the spaces between report and number and in between the numbers and replace them with dashes.


599-123-123-123


Is faster to send than 599 123 123 123


because of all the letters and numbers shifting before and after the spaces.


And one that always makes me cringe.


5NN - Used for speed on CW but is fractionally slower on RTTY due to the letters shift betwen the 5 and the N


73 and speedy QSOs.  Keith, G6NHU

(will be QRV this weekend as M7P on 15m only).




On Feb 08, 2013, at 12:05 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:






ORIGINAL MESSAGE: 
On Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:55:46 -0800, you wrote:
 
>You are sending four extra characters. If you make 1000 QSOs that's at
 >least 4000 extra characters, not counting repeats. 

REPLY: 
OOPS... I forgot that as your number goes up, the number of leading zeroes
 go down.
 
So it wouldn't be 4000 extra zeroes, only a few till you get to 100 and
 then no more.
 
No wonder I never win these things. :-)
 
But by the same token, how about eliminating the useless 599? Since this
 would be saved both transmitting and receiving, now you're talking some
 real savings. 

Bill, W6WRT
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