On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:55:19 -0700, AE0Q V31RY wrote:
> Use dashes (no spaces) between groups of numbers to keep from having to
>send the FIGS again after each space.
_________________________________________________________
I realize this is a topic like politics or religion - we all have
opinions which can never be "proven" correct.
But I feel that dashes should not be used in the above situation. Where
both stations are using unshift on space (USOS), having a space instead
of a dash increases the odds of correct reception, especially under weak
conditions.
When the space is transmitted and received, both the TX and RX are reset
to the LTRS mode and a FIGS character is sent next, before the next
number. This only takes an extra 167 mS - one sixth of a second - and
fixes any error due to a garbled FIGS character sent previously.
You might consider having two buffers: One with dashes when sigs are
strong, and one with spaces when they are weak. With WriteLog, one
could be the regular F-key and the other the shifted F-key.
Comments welcome.
73, Bill W7TI
|