So, everyone agrees cut numbers apart from T and N are more bother
than they are worth.
Why doesn't the penny drop with all contest Ops ?
Agn, Agn...
73, Deni
F5VJC
On 31 May 2012 19:40, <Georgek5kg@aol.com> wrote:
> Opinion, yes definitely.
>
> Cut numbers other than T, A or N are too confusing in my opinion. Some
> European stations use cuts, and I sure wish they would not! I generally
> always have to ask for repeats which is a BIG WASTE OF TIME!
>
> 73, George, K5KG
>
> George Wagner, K5KG
> Sarasota, FL
>
>
> In a message dated 5/31/2012 8:55:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> n4zr@contesting.com writes:
>
> There's nothing like a CW serial number contest to get you re-thinking
> about the use of cut numbers.
>
> For situations where first-time intelligibility is important, I think
> use of cut numbers probably costs more time than it saves. Here's why:
>
> The basic Morse Code 0-9 character set has two important characteristics
> - each number is five code elements long, and each one gives you two
> chances to copy correctly or confirm that you have done so. If you hear
> the first dit of 1, or the last 4 dahs, then you know what the number
> is. This is because, with the regularity of computer-sent CW and the
> presence of "5NN" as a signal to expect the number to begin at a certain
> time, you can often infer from the length of the "lost" portion of a
> number what it must have been. Even if you only get the two dits of 8,
> depending on when you hear them, you can have pretty good confidence
> that it was, in fact, 8, and not seven with one unheard dit.
>
> How much time is saved by sending A instead of 1? How much time is lost
> by responding to "AGN" or "NR?"
>
> Opinions? I bet there are a few out there.
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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