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Re: [RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports

To: RTTY Reflector <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dashes in Contest Reports
From: Kok Chen <chen@mac.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:07:54 -0800
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On Jan 25, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Phil Sussman wrote:

> A question however: Doesn't a reply of 123 123-123 create a
> USOS problem regarding the space between the two strings?

You are right Phil, when the sender is non-USOS. A non-USOS transmitter would 
transmit "599<space>123<space>123-123".  A USOS receiver would print "599 QWE 
QWEAQWE". 

This might be an overblown problem for real RTTY ops.  Anyone who makes enough 
QSOs on RTTY knows the QWERTY translation (or have the software to translate 
automatically for them).  The problem is when you are the CQ station and a 
novice comes along and don't see the exchange that they expect to see, causing 
an endless loop of AGN? AGN?, until one side finally gives up :-). 

73
Chen, W7AY

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