[CQ-Contest] cut numbers

[Doug Smith W9WI]

On Sun, 2006-12-31 at 17:13, Ed K1EP wrote:
> The problem with the Stew Perry contest is that we are so accustomed to hearing the RST that we expect it.  Many send 599 as 5NN.  Some cut it even closer with ENN.  So, now you are expecting to hear "ENN report" or "ENN report" and you are in the Stew Perry.  You answer a CQ from someone in the midwest and he sends, "K1EP EN99".  So, you are first expecting ENN, but wait, the grid is EN.  Takes you a second to realize what is happening.  Then there was someone who was in a grid ending in 99, probably EN99, who sent ENNN for his grid.  Just send the grid, PLEASE, no cut numbers...

I got briefly confused when, at 1am, a station sent me "TU BK".  Then,
before I could hit ^K and send "GRID?", he sent "29".  

Turns out that was his grid - BK29.  My brain just wasn't prepared to
accept the idea that any KH6 who'd call me on 160 meters would actually
be in Hawaii!
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Doug Smith W9WI
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