#Decoding Errors

Decoding errors are mistakes made when a program or an operator converts a received signal into characters. In digital contest modes such as RTTY they arise from noise, fading, tuning problems and lost shift characters, and they appear in the log as wrong, extra or missing characters in callsigns and exchanges. Some errors are easy to spot on the screen, others only after the contest. The articles under this tag explain the typical patterns and the habits that prevent them. Reading what the software captured before sending it back is the single most effective defence.