Topband: ARRL 160

[Joe]

I'll differ on the half space thing.

I cut my repeat needs by at LEAST 75% and still get spotted by the RBN 
all the time, (well not much on 160 he he he)

But on bands where i got good signals my repeats are far less when I use

W9~E~T  than when I use W9ET

Joe WB9SBD

On 12/7/2022 9:13 AM, Mike VE9AA ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca wrote:
> Lee et al,
>
> Which just goes to further prove my point.  The RBN (& skimmers) are 
> truly wonderful tech, but they are not perfect even if your CW is (or 
> nearly so).
>
>   Please do not be surprised by the occasional bust or dupe if you are 
> doing something "weird" with your callsign by adding 1/2 spaces, 
> slowing letters down and whatnot.
>
> Human brains may (or maynot) be able to deal with that somewhat better 
> (up for debate - I personally dislike it done to most callsigns), but 
> computers don't 'know' what the intent is with that type of sending.
>
> VE9AA
>
> ======================
> I get spotted as KX4M and KK4TT all the time. It does not matter if I 
> send by
> hand or through N1MM / Winkeyer.
>
> 73 de Lee KX4TT
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 08:48:47 AM EST, <kq2m at kq2m.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Ron,
>
> The wrong call sign spotting and "run of dupes" happens a few times a
> year to me.
> Bob, KQ2M</pre>
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