[CQ-Contest] DUMB CUT NUMBER

[Pete Smith]

Worse yet, I heard a guy with a KL7 call do the same thing.  Or maybe he 
didn't know that Alaska is DX in the ARRL contest.

73, Pete

At 07:23 PM 2/15/2008, Eric Hilding wrote:
>Just when I thought I had heard it all in an ARRL CW DX Contest.
>
>On 15m PY5/OK5MM sent me 5NN AK ... what a DUMB CUT NUMBER and UNNECESSARY 
>source of confusion.
>
>AK is the mult designation for Alaska which I know well (and should have 
>been for this event).
>
>I had never heard AK as a power multiplier before.  ATT and K and others 
>yes, but IMHO, a AK is a real DUMB CUT NUMBER to use for One Kilowatt.  It 
>took an extra two minutes to re-connect with him to FINALLY get an 
>explanation in WATTS.
>
>Confusion is NOT a good thing.  Why do people do this???  Gimme a good old 
>fashioned 5NN KW any day.
>
>ARRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ;-(
>
>73...
>
>Rick, K6VVA
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