<< Never had a problem with them in the past, but that was before trying to copy 4 digit serial numbers (err, number/letters) at 40+ WPM on a noisy band or through a pileup that won't stop calling. I
<< With full numbers I can get a sense of the rhythm and pull a number through the QRM better - those little letters get lost quickly. Guess I need to work on my CW. >> Big DITTO from here! Cut numbe
Also annoying were the (several European) stations that seemed to want to "correct" my serial numbers (I sent, say, 11N for 119) by sending it back to me their way (as AAN). IMO, N's are OK, T's tole
N5TJ: Guess I need to work on my CW. No, you don't. At least not for cut numbers. The main problem, as I see it, is that one expect NUMBERS after 5nn. Receiving a letter instead forces him/her to tra
As an aside, if you wanted to reduce your brain thinking power by not translating CW to a letter to a number, TR allows you to enter a cut number, even surrounded by normal numbers. When logging the
Why doesn't everybody just enter what they receive. That is what I do. If I receive TAEA, that is what I put in the number field. If the contest sponsors don't like that, let them deal with it. 73 To
<< copy 4 digit serial numbers (err, number/letters) at 40+ WPM >> I totally agree! I know the pro-arguments to this with the time-saving aspects, I copy 35-40 wpm pretty well, but catching a 4-digit
Yuri << Some people send just one or two digit, try to get it with weak signal - is it 2 or 22 or 222? If one sends TT2, there is no question. >> Does anybody do that on a paddle? I doubt it. Is that
Cuz you'll lose credit for the QSO, then you won't like it! Writing a letter where a number should go never crosed my mind until I was the log checker for the NY State QSO Party for a few years in th
Whose time is it saving? When the qrm is tough and the signal is weak, cut numbers simply don't "cut" it! The only person who is saving time is the guy who is sending the exchange and when you miss a
Hello V31jp, If you worked CT1BOH you surely appreciated his signal report ENN for 599. :-) It's not only a question of saving time. It is incredible how many ops missed my last letter "H". Many of y
Author: ct1boh@mail.telepac.pt (CT1BOH - Jose Carlos Cardoso Nunes)
Date: Thu Jun 3 13:22:11 1999
I love to get cut numbers. They save time and its a lot of fun because instead of having my brain programmed to get just full numbers I add a little more flexibility and expect letters and numbers. S
Hello Darrell, Well, I feel like I'm located in that unnamed continent... I think I don't have such bad habits in contest nor in my usual ham activity, however I must confess that I tend to get a bit
Hi Jose: CQWW is a different situation. It is a contest with no exchange to copy. You type in the call, the exchange is there too! Unless you were sending 579 reports? Doubt it... In WPX there is an
This works much better if you don't use the numeric keypad. I tend to use the keypad for s/n so I still had to translate the random code group. Oh well. My problem. I think K5RC suggested a contest
Hello Ct1boh, in Don't forget to mention phone high speed freaks! I'm talking about those guys speaking at 200+ WPM during phone contests and dxpeditions. When I run across such fellows during contes
The one that really got me was the "F" for 5 - required a few repeats, but the guy keep sending me "F" - at about 40wpm when he answered my CQ at about 26 wpm. Ted, KR1G _____________________________
This example means nothing unless it is supported by checking the accuracy of the received data from the logs of those you were working. I can copy you sending at 100 WPM if I already have your call
Seems more likely these stations weren't "copying" anything - they already knew who you were, could recognize their own call at 60WPM and didn't care about the report (it was always 5NN, oops, 599, r
Gee - it's worse than I thought! Is that an 'F' for 'FIVE' ? What the hell did he think a FOUR would be then? :o) 73 Mike N2MG but about -- CQ-Contest on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/_cq-contest/ A