Why not "extend" dit dit dit dit to five dits instead of four, then
reapply cut number (tm).
Super efficient - just a single dit!!
Should be super fast, confusion be damned...
Tom - VE3CX
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Robert Chudek - K0RC <k0rc@citlink.net> wrote:
> I have contest logs from the '60s where RST was sent as a variable, a
> real world guesstimate about the strength of the station you were
> working. This was 'pre computer' days.
>
> Later, with the introduction of CT, NA, TR, etc RSTs became pretty much
> set in stone as 599, even when you needed 4 repeats to get the QSO logged.
>
> Enter cut numbers... 599 then became 5NN and more recently ENN.
>
> Now with the latest revelation that RSTs are not cross-checked, there's
> opportunity to improve the exchange efficiency even further. I just
> reprogrammed my macros with EEE4.
>
> If I'm reading the threads right, Zone doesn't really matter either so
> it looks like EEEE(tm) is the next logical step.
>
> Dang, I have to wait almost a full year to test this out... or maybe not!
>
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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