[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 59, Issue 13

[Zack Widup]

In vary rare instances it helps to send an abbreviated number.  I was 
having a hard time getting "400" (four-zero-zero in Morse) across. There 
was a lot of QSB or I was really weak for that other station.  I then 
sent "four-oh-oh" (dididididah - dahdahdah - dahdahdah) and he got it.

Otherwise, I don't care for cut numbers in SS.  To me, they're OK in CQWW 
and ARRL DX, etc.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Hank Greeb wrote:

>
> Bob:
>
> Maybe I'm a lid, probably I'm a lid, maybe even definitely a lid, but
> when I heard cut numbers mixed in with International Morse numbers I
> always asked for fills during this sweepsteaks (well, at least 99.44+%
> of the time.)  One LID was mixing thing up so much that, even after I
> knew I got the exchange correct, I kept asking him for fills until he
> sent everything in International Morse.  Trying to receive 3TN, or even
> 3T9 instead of 309 when one is expecting a series of numbers requires a
> shift of paradigm.  The few brain cells left between the ears of this
> olde NTS message handler doesn't handle such things very well.
>
> One other thing which irks me is folks who insist in sending "T" as the
> first character when they were sending a 1 or 2 digit exchange number.
> IF they want to send a zero, which is definitely NOT needed, they're not
> interested in maximizing rate, so why not send a zero?
>
> If the exchange were 599 S/P/C  or 599 ITUZONE etc., as it is in many DX
> contest, then it's much easier to understand 5NN ITUZONE.   But, there's
> enough inconsistency in what is sent during a Sweepsteaks exchange so
> why confuse the issue with abbreviations mixed in with numbers?
>
> 73 de n8xx Hg
>