In a message dated 8/15/99 10:24:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, w8ik@ibm.net
writes:
> I hate to sound like I'm picking on the log checker, but this stand
> on "cut numbers" is dead wrong. In case anyone has forgotten, all
> contest exchanges started out as "message copying" exercises. Anyone
> who has EVER copied message traffic is told "WRITE DOWN EXACTLY WHAT
> IS SENT ... DO NOT 'INTERPRET' IT." In message handling, unless one
> receives standard texts (ARL nnn, 73, etc.) the message is always
> delivered "as received."
Contests say in their rules to send a "serial number" not cut numbers or
anything else. The log checking procedure of ignoring cut numbers follows
the rules of the exchange format. Obviously the integrity of the checking
software follows the principles of the rules as stated.
The problem is that people tend more and more to follow the example of
sending cut numbers. Does it save time ? Debatable. Surely not for many on
the receiving end and likely not for the sender when the guy needs the whole
number again.
73, Bob, W2CE
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