[CQ-Contest] To cut or not to cut?

[John]

I do find that sending the leading zeros as T seems to help most ops, as
they seem to be expecting a three digit number

AF5CC or is that 1F5CC?

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 12:40 PM, <Georgek5kg at aol.com> wrote:

> Opinion, yes definitely.
>
> Cut numbers other than T, A or N are too confusing in my  opinion.  Some
> European stations use cuts, and I sure wish they would  not!  I generally
> always have to ask for repeats which is a BIG WASTE OF  TIME!
>
> 73, George, K5KG
>
> George  Wagner, K5KG
> Sarasota, FL
>
>
> In a message dated 5/31/2012 8:55:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> n4zr at contesting.com writes:
>
> There's  nothing like a CW serial number contest to get you re-thinking
> about the  use of cut numbers.
>
> For situations where first-time intelligibility is  important, I think
> use of cut numbers probably costs more time than it  saves.  Here's why:
>
> The basic Morse Code 0-9 character set has two  important characteristics
> - each number is five code elements long, and  each one gives you two
> chances to copy correctly or confirm that you have  done so. If you hear
> the first dit of 1, or the last 4 dahs, then you know  what the number
> is.  This is because, with the regularity of  computer-sent CW and the
> presence of "5NN" as a signal to expect the  number to begin at a certain
> time, you can often infer from the length of  the "lost" portion of a
> number what it must have been.  Even if you  only get the two dits of 8,
> depending on when you hear them, you can have  pretty good confidence
> that it was, in fact, 8, and not seven with one  unheard dit.
>
> How much time is saved by sending A instead of 1?   How much time is lost
> by responding to "AGN" or  "NR?"
>
> Opinions?  I bet there are a few out there.
>
> --
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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