[UK-CONTEST] Wintest CW

[Chris Tran]

Hi Chris et al

Chris G3SJJ wrote :
>The point I was making about speeding up in messages was that software
>writers have an obligation to promote good practice and I certainly
>don't consider speeding and leaving out callsign in TU messages to be
>that. The other point is that whenever you say or send anything, you are
>marketing yourself to attract punters.  Speeded up messages interrupts
>the rhythmical flow, sounds bad and may deter callers. I felt uncomfortable 
>with >my WT messages on Saturday, the delay between His
>Call and Exchange seemed maybe 2 characters and didn't appear to flow
>well. I need to look at that.

Not quite sure what you mean by 'leaving out callsign in TU messages' - the 
'+' key can be configured to whatever you like (default is TU + own call) as 
can the 'Insert' key, with zero delay/space between the call and exchange if 
you wish (not a good idea)

I disagree about the 'speed up' - I think Jose CT1BOH has had quite a lot of 
input on the 'Operating techniques' side of WT and many of his ideas are 
worth copying. On the basis that a G station will always be in Z14, then the 
5nnA4 is wasted time and should be sent as fast as possible - anyone 
listening to your pile-up for more than a few seconds will know that this is 
how you are sending the exchange and the 'speed-up' might just help them 
know when you are actually transmitting (assuming the pile-up are not all WT 
users, hi)  It's easy to remove the 'speed-up' anyway.

I'm guessing most of your concerns about WT will disappear once you have 
used it in a major event like WW CW ?

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