There's nothing like a CW serial number contest to get you re-thinking about the use of cut numbers. For situations where first-time intelligibility is important, I think use of cut numbers probably
Pete; I agree with you. The cut numbers as part of the serial numbers drove me crazy this weekend. To receive an "A" in the middle of a 4 digit number may save three dashes but I think that time is m
Pete, I think that in serial numbers, the only digit that should be cut is a leading zero. For example, when I send 020 (twenty) I would send T 2 0 - not T 2 T. I think doing anything else runs the r
Agreed fully. Obviously I copy fairly well, both letters & numbers :) They say the key to getting past the 12wpm hump is learning to copy letters as a single sound -- to hear ..- and immediately thin
I've copied quite a few serial numbers in my time, but I'm still startled when I get a cut number. I can usually decode it, but it takes me an extra beat or two to do so. And guess what -- that erase
During the WPX CW while condx here were good on 15m they were not great. Many low power EU signals were marginal. I noticed that I asked for more repeats from EU stations that were using cut number t
Pete: You have great points. I agree wholeheartedly. I'm probably branded as a "stick in the mud," but: I generally ask "NR?" repetitively if a fellow sends cut numbers for his number. But, last week
It has been prevalent in former YU local contests held on 80m (usualy 2 hour events where every second counted), in pre-computer ages. Say, one of buddies heard me and tailended with short AO, and I
The most egregious misuse of cut numbers I've ever heard was by 4T100MP in 2011. Some ops there sent 4T1TTMP as their call sign. No kidding. I always find cut numbers to be a problem. Europeans use t
I'm not a fan of cut numbers. I like using T for leading zeros in the serial number. After the first hour or so in the beginning of a contest everyone is in the grove. After serial number 99 I no lon
Opinion, yes definitely. Cut numbers other than T, A or N are too confusing in my opinion. Some European stations use cuts, and I sure wish they would not! I generally always have to ask for repeats
Cut numbers in the serial number threw me constantly. Maybe the very good ops deal with it but I am geared up for number not letters! Most of the cut numbers are from EU and JA. Most people lost what
I do find that sending the leading zeros as T seems to help most ops, as they seem to be expecting a three digit number AF5CC or is that 1F5CC? _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
So, everyone agrees cut numbers apart from T and N are more bother than they are worth. Why doesn't the penny drop with all contest Ops ? Agn, Agn... 73, Deni F5VJC __________________________________
ENN guys are primitive and next time I think I shall avoid them when I S&P Time to remind too inventive guys that Morse Code has some kind of basic rules and limitations... 599001 can be 5NN TT1....
Hi Kermit It has always puzzled me why some stations use a big, long call like that, and then use cut numbers for the exchange :-) 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ CQ-Cont
In WPX, the only cut numbers I used were leading T's. However, there were times that I felt like not using cut numbers was excessive / discourteous to the other station -- the "when in Rome..." pheno
An anecdote - In my first really semi-serious effort as a little pistol in ARRL DX CW (n 1993) I had been inactive in ham radio for quite a number of years and honestly hadn't encountered cut numbers
Well, you gotta save somewhere. As far as using cut numbers, the rule I was taught was to use them only in unambiguous situations, where only numbers could possibly be used. This makes them OK for se
If you want to send enn for the signal report great. Actually I could care less what is sent there. Someday it will probably be e e e. If you send cut numbers to me, you can probably count on a fill.