Numeric abbreviations

[KR2J at aol.com]

In 20 years of contesting, I've never heard "ENN" sent as an exchange.  "ATT"
yes, but never "ENN".

For crying out loud, how much difference do 4 dits make ?

>>de KM9P:  The RST part of the exchange is meaningless... and this is just
another way to abbreviate something on CW.  How is this different from 5NN
TTT for 599 1000?  <<

If it eliminates requests for repeats by using a 5, it probably saves time by
sending all 5 dits.  Despite the actual reduction in bits sent during the
exchange,  requests for repeats would plague the operator that did this
throughout the contest.  Agreed,  the RST is meaningless, but in practice, it
must be sent in order to prevent confusion.

KR2J at AOL.com

KR2J at AOL.com

>From kn5hose at acca.nmsu.edu (kn5hose)  Tue Feb 28 00:16:41 1995
From: kn5hose at acca.nmsu.edu (kn5hose) (kn5hose)
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 17:16:41 -0700
Subject: V44 exchange or lack the...
Message-ID: <199502280016.RAA07169 at acca.nmsu.edu>

HELLO?!?!?!?!  CALLING  KR1R  KR1R  KR1R    WE ARE CALLING YOU!!!!

SPECIFY --- WHAT ARE THE RULES????

OVER AND OUT.

de Hose  KN5H