[CQ-Contest] SS beefs WRAP-UP

[Tom Hammond]

Gotta agree with Dave:

Even at the start (sometimes) I'll get requests for repeats on single-digit 
numbers. As a result, I always send a SINGLE leading zero for Q's 1 thru 9.

73,

Tom   N0SS

At 09:34 PM 11/6/03, Dave wrote:
>My comment is in reply to Mark N5OT's statement:
> > 1. leading zeroes are bad (in SS)
>
>Context: I never take SS seriously.  I'll get on for a few hours later in
>the contest.  When I make my first QSO, most others are a few hundred along.
>
>Observation: I found sending "1 B VO1AU 75 NL" (or 2 or 3 or 15 or 70...)
>resulted in a LOT of requests for fills or repeats on numbers.  Those
>requests for fills and repeats diminished once I hit three-digit numbers.
>When I send leading zeroes (usually as "T"s), I did not get asked for
>repeats
>
>Conclusion: SS is a cult, but a benign one.