[CQ-Contest] What's with the power = 0 watts exchange?

[Tom Hellem]

John-
Could it be that stations were sending ATT for 100 w., etc?
As you stated, conditions were in the toilet for you, so maybe
the A sounded like a T??

73
Tom
K0SN

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:58 AM, John W <xnewyorka at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I'm playing a little in the ARRL DX contest and I've noticed something new
> that I don't recall from previous years.  Several DX stations have sent
> their power as zero watts.  I've received  5NN T,   5NN TT,  and 5NN TTT
>  so far.
>
> (For some reason, nobody is sending something more precise like 0.0
> (would that be  TRT?)
>
>
> What is the reason for this?   I must have missed the memo.
>
>
> At least one of the stations was in Puerto Rico. So I was wondering if his
> zero meant that he has no commercial power at his station.  Maybe I'm
> reading into it too much?
>
>
> And one South American sent "LP" for his power.  So does that mean he is
> using a generator that runs on Liquid Propane?  😉
>
>
> The rules at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx say:
>
>
> 4.2 DX stations send signal report and power (number or abbreviation
> indicating approximate transmitter output power).
>
>
> Where I come from, transmitter power is measured in units called WATTS.
>
> So I would expect the exchange to be either a number, or an abbreviation
> for a number, for example using 'cut' numbers.   "LP" is not exactly that.
>  But I get it - it probably means 100 watts, or at least "no amplifier".
>  But what does TTT mean?  That must mean "approximately 0.499 watts or
> less".   Yet the guy was 10 dB over S9, so I doubt that.
>
>
> Ahh well, got to do something to keep it interesting when condx are in the
> toilet.
>
>
> Hope everybody caught the brief but glorious 10m opening this afternoon.
>
> P40W was 15 dB over S9 in NNJ for more than 10 minutes!
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> John
>
> W2ID
>
>
>
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