Pete,
I couldn't agree with you more!
I shake my head every time I hear a cut number, before I go into 'translation
mode' to figure out what the heck the actual number was that was sent.
Bill N3RR
On Dec 14, 2014 9:50 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
>
> Please, please don'tuse cut numbers when transmitting a serial number.
> I've even heard some Es and As today - that's just absurd, and
> counterproductive..
>
> There is good information science behind this plea. When you really
> need to get a number right, particularly with weak signals, even the
> most common cut numbers, like N and T, are more trouble than they are
> worth in time saving. Why? Because each full number has five elements,
> grouped together - that is consecutive dots or dashes. Your brain can
> use this fact to copy confidently, even if QRM or QSB causes you not to
> hear a dit or dah, because of spacing *between* numbers. If you send a
> cut number, you deprive the receiving op of this aid - he asks for a
> fill, and you've lost more time than the cut number would save you in 5
> QSOs.
>
> --
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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