[WriteLog] Makrothen RTTY contest

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 12:21 PM 10/10/2004, Art Searle W2NRA wrote:

>Ok I'm a RTTY novice and I contest very very casually but shouldn't RTTY 
>contesters know they shouldn't include dashes or other puncuation in the 
>reports?

There are cases where "-" are useful. For example, 599-05 is better than 
599 05 because it avoids two shifts.  Some software (maybe WF1B) likes to 
see the - so it can separate information in the exchange.  However, 5NN in 
RTTY is just plain WRONG.

73 - Jim AD1C


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