[GreenKeys] Survey

[Ralph Mowery]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>
To: "WB6BLV Central California" <wb6blv at inreach.com>
Cc: <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Survey


> Hi
>
> I always used to double up on the LTRS. More or less the idea was that 
> the LTRS acts as a "sync" character. No matter what has happened  before, 
> after two of them the machine must be in sync.  It looks like   CR CR LF 
> LTRS LTRS. I suppose you could do LTRS LTRS CR CR LF. I have  seen just 
> about every combination imaginable in use by somebody  somewhere.
>
> Bob
>
There is no use to put the LTRS first.  They should always be put after the 
CR.  That is to give the mechanical machines time for the charriage to get 
back to the left.  The old 15 would not usually make it back at machine 
speed with just a CR and LF.