Hans,
I respectfully disagree.... As you stated you "grew up making your living"
copying code.... Many hams did not... including myself, it just throws me
off when I get "cut" numbers and often, as to not screw up a dx station
running a freq. I accept the number and then have to listen to his next qso
or two to make sure I got the number right!!! I'll bet I'm not the only one
who does that! I can copy code pretty decent but not like the old timers
who were radio signalmen etc... As I said I want to hear the whole number,
the inconsistency may be what throws me off....some send the whole number,
some cut..... Phil W2GE
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-writelog@contesting.com [mailto:owner-writelog@contesting.com]On
Behalf Of Hans K0HB
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:22 PM
To: 'writelog@contesting.com'; 'wi8w@arrl.net'
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Cut Nembers
On Tuesday, May 29, 2001 10:01 AM, wi8w [SMTP:wi8w@arrl.net] wrote:
> It is time to stop the madness
>
> Just say NO to cut numbers.
I respectfully disagree.
I "grew up" making my living with Morse code at sea.
We used cut numbers extensively sending WXOBS messages,
which were 5-letter groups of numbers. Cut numbers are
the only way to go when the expected traffic is numerals,
such as in contest exchanges.
Your Mileage May Vary, but it's not "madness".
73, Hans, K0HB
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