[WriteLog] Cut figures not possible in WL?

[BobD]

How about  " 1190  " ..... ....   ONE   ONE  NINE  ZERO   ???? 

DIT -DAH      DIT-DAH     DAH-DIT     DAH   ...  

At 42 WPM .....  AGN ........  AGN ???

Whitey  K1VV


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Kutner" <w2up@mindspring.com>
To: "Dez in Cyprus" <dez@cytanet.com.cy>; <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Cut figures not possible in WL?


> 
> I agree too. Whenever I receive cut numbers, the brain has to 
> manually translate "let's see, didah = A, A = 1" rather than the 
> automatic didadadadah, finger hits the 1 key.  This delays my 
> confirmation response, making up for any time saved by a 
> transmission a few msec. shorter. 
> But don't listen to me (or the others). As those who know me will 
> tell you, my CW abilities aren't what they used to be - I can only 
> copy about 80 WPM now...
> 73 Barry W2UP
> 
> On 29 May 01, at 9:27, Richard Thorne wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I agree.  The only cut number that should be used is T for zero. 
> > Other than that send the number in its entirety.  I don't think cut
> > numbers save that much time.
> > 
> > Richard Zalewski wrote:
> > 
> > > As far as I am concerned you can do away with "cut" figures.  Unless
> > > you are always a real 599 the guy on the other end won't fall asleep
> > > waiting for the number he will appreciate the standard format and
> > > you will have less retries.
> > >
> > > Dick W7ZR
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Dez in Cyprus" <dez@cytanet.com.cy>
> > > To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 28, 2001 08:36
> > > Subject: [WriteLog] Cut figures not possible in WL?
> > >
> > > >
> > > > George and All,
> > > >
> > > > You're quite right, I too can get WL to send morse letter 'T' for
> > > > leading zeros, but getting it to send T, N, or A for the figures
> > > > 0, 9 and 1 is impossible if any of these numbers appear later in
> > > > the serial number.
> > > >
> > > > The poor guy at the other end nearly fell asleep after I sent an
> > > > exchange like 5NN 1009 in full.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers for the QSO in WPX George.
> > > >
> > > > 73
> > > >
> > > > Dez - ZC4DW
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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