[UK-CONTEST] CW Letters instead of Numbers

[Donald Field]

Well, I'm not persuaded by the "lawyerly" comments. This isn't going to be
taken to a court of law, and if the CQ adjudicators are happy to accept it,
then that's life.

I do, however, think it all rests on optimising QSO rates and, yes, it might
make an interesting PhD thesis, as suggested! Personally, despite my earlier
remarks, I sent full numbers at all times at the weekend, and never cranked
the speed above about 30 wpm. Yet I will probably still be the leading G
single-op. Anything that makes it harder for the receiving station is
potentially a problem - whether it's cut numbers, sending full numbers far
too fast, just sending badly, or sending the RST and serial at different
speeds. Of course, the receiving station has the option of asking for a
repeat. And here I disagree with Ian G3SEK. Yes, most adjudicators penalise
the receiving station if the exchange is copied incorrectly (in some
contests, though not CQ, both stations are penalised, by the way). But if
the receiving station is not happy with the QSO he has an alternative
recourse, which is not to log the QSO at all. Then the sending station gets
penalised for "not in log".

As Chris G3SJJ says, the trick for any operator is to be flexible according
to the calling station. Be ready to slow down, send repeats or whatever as
appropriate. But again, this has little to do with cut numbers as such, and
everything to do with good operating in general.

Don XTT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "QSL" <qsl at zetnet.co.uk>
To: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CW Letters instead of Numbers


> The message <s0bdb673.045 at IA-GEN-A2.dundee.ac.uk>
> from "Andy swiffin" <a.l.swiffin at dundee.ac.uk> contains these words:
>
>
>
> > The rules also state, for wpx:
> > "V. Exchange: RS(T) report plus a progressive contact three-digit
> > serial number starting with 001 for the first contact. (Continue to four
> > digits if past 999 and five if past 9999.)"
>
> > for NFD: "Exchange: RST + Serial number."
>
> Ignore any 'grey bits' Andy
>
> Surely you have answered your own question, and the key 'word' has to be
> NUMBER
>
> '5nn' is NOT a NUMBER........although I imagine that 99% of ops use it
> anyway [Guilty M'Lud] and have done for years
>
> .......however 'aet' whatever, will never be a number - not by any
> stretch of the imagination.
>
> Changing tack slightly.....is not RS[T] in a contest wholly superfluous
> ? Q5, and then asking for repeats ?
>
> Many years ago when I was an 'umble G8, and logs were hand written, and,
> with respect 'properly checked' I, and some others, made a stand against
> the standard 59 exchange - If they were 33, thats what they got......and
> trust me the 'big boys' did not like it, but they had to log it
> correctly or lose the points.
>
>
>
> Graham
> Just a humble M5's ramblings...........remember if you work an M5 it is
> guaranteed that they have passed a Morse Test, albeit at 5wpm......QRS
> anyone ?
>
> -- 
> 73 Graham M5AAV    http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/m5aav/qsl.htm
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