I'm not sure I worked this person, however from the comments from numerous
Operators about the TOO 9h, I suspect that the calling station had
something set incorrectly on the TX end.
Rex k7qq
-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Michael Clarson
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 10:48 PM
To: DickT-W0RAA
Cc: Writelog Reflector; Rtty Contesting Reflector
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Cut Numbers Revisited
I worked this station also, and I was copying TOO 9h. Several times. It was
obviously 599 OH, but always came in as TOO 9h. --Mike, WV2ZOW
On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:12 PM, DickT-W0RAA <dickt@w0raa.com> wrote:
> I am somewhat mystified why RTTY contesters send TOO for 599 in a RTTY
> Contest or 5NN. Are they saving anything (characters or time)?
>
> I had one station in Ohio (I won't give his call) that was sending a
> report of TOO 9h. When I asked his State he kept repeating 9h.
> Finally he sends OHIO. This was the RTTY RU contest.
>
> I looked him up on QRZ and dropped him an e-mail and mentioned
> (politely) that a 9h was a little confusing and that he may not be
> aware that he was sending CUT numbers. I suggested he check his
> program (I suspect he was using N1MM and had a box checked to send CUT
> numbers). He replied in an e-mail "OK".
>
> I was just about ready to send him a NIL (Not in Log) response in the
> contest when he sent me OHIO. Nobody should have to spend time when
> running or S&Ping to try to figure out what somebody is sending. It
> breaks the rhythm in a contest and slows things down. I guess I'll
> just have to learn that OH is 9h. Duh!!!!! I wonder what the CUT
> number is for FL or AL or LA, etc, etc?
>
> It would be great if all of these hotshot ops would drop the cut
> numbers and send just plain English.
>
> SOAPBOX OFF.
>
> Dick
> W0RAA
>
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