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If you're not already familiar with it, you may want to take a look at the QSO format used in 144 MHz EME. It is simpler than those used at 432 MHz or in MS work, and has evolved in order to make the weakest CW signals intelligible to the ear. The same logic would seem to apply to the eye using Argo.

Dave, W5UN, describes the format and how it is used at

http://web.wt.net/~w5un/primer.htm#Xmit

73,

Ray, W2RS