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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] .Re: The Insanity of Cut Numbers in Serial Number Contests
From: Tom Osborne <w7why@frontier.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:01:44 -0800
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What I think is funny is a station that has a callsign like 'XX2014IARU' will use cut numbers to 'save time' :-) 73
Tom W7WHY


It's not only a few EUs -- it's also US guys with big egos and the little pistol JAs. Funny -- they call you when you're running with this silly crap. But the big JA stations who are running all send real numbers (and big serial numbers).

Like Pete said in his first post -- real numbers have redundancy built in to improve copy. Wnen a signal's in the mud or has that arctic flutter, I really need that.

And yes, leading zeros are a PITA.

73, Jim K9YC
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