[CQ-Contest] Cut number advice

[Gerry Hull]

Hi Tom,

I guess you are right.   Simpy Sending NR before the number eliminates
that problem. Most people do send the NR.



On 11/5/07, Tom Hammond <n0ss at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Gerry:
>
> At 08:09 11/05/2007, Gerry Hull wrote:
> >I used NN VT instead of 99 VT.   I got asked for a lot of fills.
> >I found this strange... N for 9 is VERY common.  If I sent NN as
> >the fill, they get it immediately.
> >
> >... then there are the other guys who send 006 as the serial number!
> >Every leading zero is a waste of bandwidth, cut or not.
>
> Well..... maybe not... at least one leading zero is NOT always a waste...
> It's certainly not a waste if you start in the middle of the contest, sending
> "1" and you get repeatedly asked for the 'rest' of the serial number because
> they just flat can't understand that you JUST started and you REALLY
> are sending
> a single-digit serial at that point.... they expect a larger number
> by that time.
>
> I DO wish that some of the loggers would allow only one leading zero though.
> Many seem to force two leading zeros. And, after you get to '10' I turn it
> off completely.
>
> 73,
>
> Tom Hammond   N0SS
>
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