Think I'll work my next contest from 1000 down, I'll know when it's over when I
get to TTT ;o)
Julius Fazekas
N2WN
Tennessee Contest Group
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Tennessee QSO Party
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Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
Elecraft K3/100 #1875
--- On Mon, 11/23/09, Andrew <ac6wi@comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Andrew <ac6wi@comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Operating practices heard in SS SSB
> To: CQ-Contest@contesting.com
> Date: Monday, November 23, 2009, 9:57 PM
> On 23/11/09 20:04, Tom Haavisto
> wrote:
>
> > Remember - you must give A serial number - it is not a
> requirement that you
> > use EVERY number in sequence.
>
> <Tongue in cheek>
>
> Well, then it's just a number and not a _serial_ number.
>
> 'Serial' is derived from 'series' and the mathematical
> definition of
> 'series' is "a set of quantities constituting a progression
> or having
> values determined by a common relation" [1] Randomly
> dropping numbers
> from the sequence removes the common relation so they are
> no longer
> serial numbers :)
>
> </Tongue in cheek>
>
> Vy 73,
>
> Andrew AC6WI / GI0NWG
>
>
> [1] http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/series
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