Subject: Doing Battle? Can't Resist Posting?
From: (William)
Date: 10/14/2004 5:34 AM Central Standard Time
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Jim has stated that the throughput of a rtty system may be limited by
the typing speed of the operator. The example he used is that the
rtty operator might only be able to type 10wpm, thus rendering the
rtty a 10wpm machine.
I responded that the throughput of a CW system might be limited by the
Morse Code operator only knowing the code at 10wpm.
I wanted to know how that was different from his example. So far no
response.
Even if the operator can type 120 WPM, if s/he can't be interrupted in the
midst of the string and asked for a repeat, as a good QSK CW operator can, then
that error will exist until the end of the transmission and the error resolved.
Assuming the interruption it to tell the transmitting station that it's
ALL garbled, your 60-100WPM teletype just became zero.
A bridge out in the middle of the Autobahn means everyone goes zero until
the bridge is replaced regardless of what the thoroughfare will otherwise
allow. Same thing.
Steve, K4YZ