[CQ-Contest] ARRL SSB DX Exchanges

[John Geiger]

I guess someone could have said "One Thousand" which
would give a 9th version.

If you run the legal limit you can just say "Full". 
That is a pretty simple exchange.

73s John AA5JG

--- Eric Hilding <b38 at hilding.com> wrote:

> Just when I thought exchange power issues couldn't
> get any worse than in the
> ARRL CW DX Contest, along comes the SSB version.
> 
>  
> 
> I was given EIGHT different variations for 1,000w
> (apparently no one ran the
> full legal limit?):
> 
>  
> 
> K
> 
> KW
> 
> KILO
> 
> KILOWATT
> 
> ONE K
> 
> ONE KW
> 
> ONE KILO
> 
> ONE KILOWATT
> 
>  
> 
> Unfortunately, the log-what-you-copy mantra did not
> always work, because I
> could not enter the entire word KILOWATT into the
> power field - it was too
> long.  The ONE KILOWATT exchange was off the charts.
> 
>  
> 
> What leaves me baffled is why anyone would want to
> use four syllables (ONE
> KILOWATT) of valuable operating time instead of
> simply saying  (K).
> 
>  
> 
> Fortunately, the Space Shuttle program and other
> important things in life
> don't operate with such inconsistencies as in
> Contesting.
> 
>  
> 
> 73.
> 
>  
> 
> Rick, K6VVA
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
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