[SECC] Logging and Trnaslating "Cut" Numbers

[John Laney]

Hello all:  I am forwarding below a message from K8CC that gives the 
ARRL position on logging of cut numbers.  Good thing to keep in mind. 
Those who insist that they will log "whatever is sent," face losing 
credit for QSOs if they don't translate the letters sent in cut numbers 
to numbers for logging purposes.  73, John, K4BAI.

I would like to remind everyone that "using" cut numbers is not the same
thing as "logging" cut numbers.

I check the logs for the ARRL 10M contest, where DX stations send RST &
serial numbers for their exchange.  If the station sends you a number
with cut digits, it is *your* responsibility to turn those into numeric
digits in your log.  QSO numbers containing alphabetic digits will be
scored as non-valid (no penalties, but you lose the QSO).  This
direction was concurred to by the ARRL Contest Department.

I'm sure someone will claim "but I just copied what was sent".  No
matter - the rules say a QSO *number* must be received and logged, so it
is the entrant's responsibility to make the translation, not the log
checkers.  The entrant is the person present when the QSO is made; if
there is any doubt as to what the number is, they are the only ones who
can ask for a fill and remove all doubt.

Again, it's not my intent to deter the use of cut numbers (although I
personally will not), but I want to make it clear that the log (at least
for ARRL 10M) must show actual numbers for the QSO to be valid.

Dave/K8CC


Steve Harrison wrote:

 >> At 11:22 PM 6/4/2007 +0000, kr2q at optonline.net wrote:
 >>
 >
 >>>> Sorry...couldn't resist.
 >>>>
 >>>> See the section titled "Work the Experts" - this is an intro
 >>>> for newbies who "can copy and send Morse code at 5 to 10 WPM."
 >>>> http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2003/10/21/1/
 >>>>
 >
 >>
 >> Oh, brother..... I really didn't need to read that  ;o(((((((
 >>
 >> It's been several decades since I did a SS and maybe things have sorta
 >> "evolved" in the meantime......  So I haven't the vaguest idea 
whether, for
 >> example, during the 2006 SS, A was often used by the faster ops for 1.
 >>
 >>
 >
 >>>> Even QRPers get it.
 >>>> See "The 'Secret' Language of the Exchange"
 >>>> http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2002/10/21/1/
 >>>>
 >
 >>
 >> I can see that, considering the QRPers are a pretty tight-knit and close
 >> group. When I was doing high-speed meteor scatter, we also had a few
 >> shortcuts we'd sometimes take that could completely bamboozle a newbie.
 >>
 >> Steve, K0XP
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