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Re: [RTTY] hyphen or no hyphen

To: Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>, rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] hyphen or no hyphen
From: Graham Ridgeway <m5aav@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:32:37 +0000
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On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:25:19 -0800, Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>
wrote:

>ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
>On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:10:13 +0000, Graham Ridgeway
> <m5aav@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>I quite like the way You send it Noel
>>
>>
>>VE2RYY VE2RYY DE M5AAV M5AAV M5AAV KN 
>
>------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
>I would recommend not sending "KN", "K", "BK" or anything of the like.
>Those are valuable prosigns for CW because they make it clear that
>it's your turn to transmit. In RTTY, dropping the carrier serves the
>same purpose. In a non-contest situation nobody cares, but in a
>contest, milliseconds really do count.
>
>73, Bill W6WRT

Possibly yes.

However running, as I do here, relatively low power [and in silent
mode] I would much rather have, and send a K or KN.

'orses fer courses.


73 Graham M5AAV
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