I don't understand why there's such confusion over this. CW is
abbreviated all the time:
TU, K, 73, etc.
There are recognized (and some not so recognized) abbreviations for
numbers. You need to take the symbol in context. If it was meant to be
a number, it's a number. For example, 5NN NN = 599 99. Yes, K = 1000,
and I logged K for all the Ks, KWs, etc.
In the late 70s (boy, I'm getting old...), I did log checking for the NY
State QSO Party. I couldn't believe it when guys sent in logs with 5NN
as the exchange. I guess it's more common than I thought.
Dick - WP2Z is a villa on top of a mountain in the US Virgin Islands. I
guess the call was registered in NJ, but yes, it is DX.
73,
Barry W2UP
Dick-w0raa wrote:
> I agree with you, Dave. What in the hell does "NN" mean? I put it down as
> 99.
>
> ATT is 100 (I assume)
> AOO is 100 (What else is it supposed to be?)
> KW is 1000?
> K is 1000?
> NN is 99?
>
> I had one stn that sent me 8T. I entered it as 80.
> 5TT was 500, I guess.
>
> Several stations sent a plain "K". I put it down as 1000 Watts as I did
> with KW. I guess the micro second that it took to send a KW was just too
> much for some of them. I think CUT numbers should be banned from contests.
>
> There was also a station with a call of WP2Z. He was sending a KW. I
> looked him up on QRZ.COM and it was the Island Villa Contest Club in
> Morristown, NJ. If he was a US station, why was he sending out "599 KW" as
> a report? It should have been "599 NJ". Am I missing something? I hope
> somebody can explain why he was sending a 599 KW if he was state side?
>
> Dick
> W0RAA
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