[CQ-Contest] Leading Zeros

[Zack Widup]

I sent my entire exchanges with a keyer and never used leading zeros. No 
one seemed to have a problem with it. I did hear one station using cut 
numbers in his serial number and that confused me.  How would you know if 
the precedence "A" is actually the precedence or a cut "1" in that case, 
if the spacing were the same between all?

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, 6 Nov 2006, Mike Wetzel wrote:

> Are some of the newer programs using leading zeros (002) in the serial
> numbers?  I find it harder to copy these numbers because you think you
> missed a leading dit especially on weaker stations.  Is there an advantage
> to this?  To me it is a disadvantage and maybe this should be an option
> (with the default no leading zeros), if so can people request this of  the
> developers.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike W9RE
>