At 02:11 PM 2/19/2007, Dave W7DPW wrote:
>I can decode most of the ones I receive, but I am confused by "NN", does
>that mean "99" ? and instead of using three digits for "100" or cut
>numbers for 100, they are sending "NN" ("99") to reduce the number of
>digits from three to two ?
I think of these as a "signature" - if the direction and signal
strength match a previous QSO, and you hear the "NN" (and you have a
good memory), you can sometimes guess who it is before hearing the
call. HI3TEJ was running 80W, that was easy to remember.
73 - Jim AD1C
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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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