[RTTY] Another lesson from Don

[Neal Campbell]

I always check Don's RTTYContesting.com as he usually posts his function
key maros (yes they are Writelog but easilly understood) to see what his
strategy is. Since I am using Writelog, its always my 'starting point'.


Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC



On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 1:57 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:

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> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 22:24:12 -0400, VE3N3A wrote:
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> >Then Don AA5AU called me, and his exchange was different:
> >599 123 2359 123 2359
>
> REPLY:
>
> Another advantage of this format is that if half the exchange is lost
> to QRM, QSB or whatever, the other half still contains all the info
> needled.
>
> I remember hearing that during World War 2 the US military learned
> this the hard way. They used to put one kind of equipment in one ship,
> another kind in another ship and so on. If one ship was sunk, they
> lost 100% of that equipment. By loading each ship with equal
> percentages of each equipment, they had a greater chance of all types
> getting through. So obvious when someone explains it, but not obvious
> at first. Likewise with macros.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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