[WriteLog] Rcvd Cut Numbers

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

At 02:11 PM 2/19/2007, Dave W7DPW wrote:

>I can decode most of the ones I receive, but I am confused by "NN", does
>that mean "99" ? and instead of using three digits for  "100" or cut
>numbers for 100, they are sending "NN" ("99") to reduce the number of
>digits from three to two ?

I think of these as a "signature" - if the direction and signal 
strength match a previous QSO, and you hear the "NN" (and you have a 
good memory), you can sometimes guess who it is before hearing the 
call.  HI3TEJ was running 80W, that was easy to remember.

73 - Jim AD1C


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