[UK-CONTEST] cut numbers

[Peter Bowyer]

On 02/06/2009, Roger Cooke <g3ldi at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
>  Cut numbers that are the norm now are 5nn and T's for leading zeros.
>
> However, I don't like the use of others, probably because I am not accustomed to them. The one that did really throw me was in CQWW when a USA station sent me 599 5   but it was in reality ENN E .    I had to work it out!

ENNN is common for Caribbean stations in WW.

At one point last weekend in the middle of the night I remember Paul
G6PZ asking me 'What the heck is 'L' the cut number for?'. I *think*
he mis-copied it, but with the huge variety of abbreviations doing the
rounds I'm not completely sure....

Peter G4MJS

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