[RTTY] Dash vs space Etc.

[W2GR at aol.com]

Because I am sort of a neophyte in regards to RTTY and I guess not a  
"real" RTTY operator according to Chen......why are the letters sent anyway from  
some ops?....programs in use from days of old?....the only problems I had 
in  this contest and other contests on receive were the letters sent instead 
of  numbers (either dashed or spaced) I received them fine...and the only 
time I had  to ask for a repeat was from the garbled mass of letters that were 
sent for the  Serial No. number........and when asked for a repeat...the 
numbers were sent  instead of the letters...and it came through fine...again 
either dashed or  spaced....so if numbers were sent first (either dashed or 
spaced) I would have  saved more time with that rather than worrying about if 
my contact was using a  --wait for it---a dash or a space in the 
exchange....
 
I tried the shift/click route but the numbers ended up in the 599 line of  
Writelog. So I guess if I want to decode the exchange with SH/cl I have to  
tab over to the number line and do it?...and hope I click on the right mass 
of  letters .....but seems kinda slow when I can just click on the ser. no 
and it  goes where I need it....or maybe I dont know what I am doing as a  
neophyte?....
 
Please don't spank me for asking stupid questions but there are no  RTTY 
elmers around here that I know of and I am picking this stuff  up on my own 
and finding I like RTTY a lot ....and having a lot of fun  with it...
 
Maybe someday I will be a "real" RTTY operator...whatever that is.
 
Mike W2GR 
 
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In a message dated 2/10/2013 7:19:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
dezrat1242 at yahoo.com writes:

 
ORIGINAL  MESSAGE: 
On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:45:55 -0800, W7AY  wrote:

>
>So, if you see "599 QWE 123" (and assuming one is  ignorant of the QWERTY 
mapping), that will still trigger a request for a  repeat. 

REPLY: 
Here's where we part company. If I see 599 QWE 123  I will not ask for a
repeat. I will click on the 123 just as if the sender  had sent only that. 

Is it perfect? No. Is it close enough? Yes.  

Bill, W6WRT
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