[Elecraft] MMTTY DATA-A or FSK

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> I really hate Line Feeds (the ENTER). Especially when you're running
> several decode windows, they must be pretty small, and a few Line
> Feeds will scroll too much stuff out of the window! What I like much
> better is a leading space and a trailing space for every F-Key
> message. Those spaces are enough to separate your call and exchange
> from whatever other stuff is on the screen, because N1MM and WriteLog
> will highlight calls. And if that space is there, you can click on
> the call (and parts of the exchange), which will copy them to the
> data entry window!

While I dislike those who use multiple Line Feeds, I absolutely despise
those who do not start their transmission with *one* Line Feed.  Without
the linefeed, the cursor is not returned to be start of the line and
the call gets buried in the garble (decoded noise) somewhere toward the
end of the line.  The call decoding/highlighting routines in N1MM and
WriteLog are good but they do have their peculiarities ... and will
either highlight more than the call or will only highlight calls in the
"known calls" file - which means they will miss new contesters, those
just working a few stations/new DX, or those who do not submit logs on
a regular basis.

By starting each transmission with {ENTER} the call is almost always
in the first dozen or so spaces on the bottom line of the decode window
and each to "click" if one is using a mouse or right in the center if
view if one is working from the keyboard.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2014-10-01 11:36 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Wed,10/1/2014 7:47 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:
>>
>>
>> Start every transmission with {TX}{ENTER}TEXT and follow the text by
>> one space and {RX}.
>
> What Fred means is that TEXT is what you want to send with that F-key. :)
>
>> The {ENTER} starts you on his next line, clear of any garbage he's
>> printed before you answered or called.  The space at the end of your
>> transmission clears you of the noise he's going to print as soon as
>> your MARK goes away.
>
> I really hate Line Feeds (the ENTER). Especially when you're running
> several decode windows, they must be pretty small, and a few Line Feeds
> will scroll too much stuff out of the window! What I like much better is
> a leading space and a trailing space for every F-Key message. Those
> spaces are enough to separate your call and exchange from whatever other
> stuff is on the screen, because N1MM and WriteLog will highlight calls.
> And if that space is there, you can click on the call (and parts of the
> exchange), which will copy them to the data entry window!
>
> I agree with all of Fred's other advice, except that when I'm running, I
> send the other guy's call again at the end of the exchange if I think
> there is QRM, or if I doubled with him because he sent his call again
> after I had begun responding.  Also, in S&P, I send nothing but the
> exchange UNLESS I think he mis-copied my call, in which case I'll send
> it again, twice, then send the exchange.
>
> One of the rules of contesting (and DXing) is NEVER send something the
> other guy has already gotten right. That can be tricky to know with
> RTTY, because decoders often make mistakes on calls. In contesting, if
> he gets your call wrong, HE loses points but you do not. And it's good
> sportsmanship to try to correct him.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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