All the receiving station needs is to see the same number at least twice on
his screen. Do this by sending it at least 3 times unless conditions are
very good. It REALLY helps if you use a 3 digit number, because that is
what he expects to see. Sending 1 1 1 can confuse. Forget the above if the
serial number is actually 599.
Jerry W4UK
At 18:34 2/4/03 +0000, Dez in Cyprus wrote:
>Jim,
>
>I fail to see your logic in issuing a random serial number on the premise
>that a station is expecting a higher serial number than "1". How on earth is
>the other station to know you are in casual operating mode or not?!
>
>Sorry, it just defies me!
>
>73
>
>Dez - ZC4DW
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig@optonline.net>
>To: <w5xd@writelog.com>; <writelog@contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 4:07 PM
>Subject: Re: [WriteLog] RE: Serial Numbers and IOTA (as example)
>
>
> > If I am in a casual operating mode and a station calls me for a contest
>QSO
> > that requires a serial number, I make up a number other than "1" ( because
> > the station is expecting a higher number and therefore cuts down the
>number
> > of repeats)
>
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