I agree Pete,
I don't want to have to use one of these..
On 12/14/2014 8:50 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR 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.
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