On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 2:12 PM, DickT-W0RAA <dickt at w0raa.com> wrote: > I am somewhat mystified why RTTY contesters send TOO for 599 in a RTTY > Contest or 5NN. Are they saving anything (characters or time)? I was about to argue that 5NN wastes time, but I think "599<space>" and "5NN<space>" take the same amount of time to transmit. However, "5NN-" takes longer to transmit than "599-". - Jim -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us