Topband: Non-Standard CW Spacing.

[Joe]

Hi Stan,
I even to help if the odd spacing is a skimmer issue, lately I have been 
using this for my long CQ message.

CQ TEST CQ TEST W9ET W9~E~T

There we have both worlds covered.

Joe WB9SBD

On 12/8/2022 12:40 AM, Stan Stockton wrote:
> I tried that when I held the call ZF2ET and on that particular suffix i think it might have been a good thing.  I went back and forth on doing it or not but always paused slightly when sending by hand.
>
> 73…Stan ~ ZF9CW
>
>> On Dec 7, 2022, at 6:49 PM, Joe<nss at mwt.net>  wrote:
>>
>> 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 VE9AAve9aa 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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