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1. Numeric abbreviations (score: 1): Author: young@young.enet.dec.com (young@young.enet.dec.com); Date: Thu Feb 23 16:53:37 1995; The purist would argue that if you are going to abbreviate 9 to N you should abbreviate the whole sequence, that is ENN is proper and 5NN is not. This would also hold for power of 1TT, which is a hyb; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1995-02/msg00136.html (6,631 bytes)
2. Numeric abbreviations (score: 1): Author: KR2J@aol.com (KR2J@aol.com); Date: Mon Feb 27 19:06:45 1995; In 20 years of contesting, I've never heard "ENN" sent as an exchange. "ATT" yes, but never "ENN". For crying out loud, how much difference do 4 dits make ? another way to abbreviate something on CW.; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1995-02/msg00160.html (7,150 bytes)
3. Numeric Abbreviations (score: 1): Author: JFSINGER@delphi.com (JFSINGER@delphi.com); Date: Tue Feb 28 20:01:33 1995; I wonder about the origin of the abominable "Nine-r." Why niner, not oner or twoer, etc? Or nine-iest, or nine-ing? Maybe we should add a superfluous syllable to all numbers? In my experience, niner; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1995-02/msg00169.html (7,090 bytes)
4. Numeric abbreviations (score: 1): Author: Waltk@PICA.ARMY.MIL (Waltk@PICA.ARMY.MIL); Date: Wed Mar 1 16:24:06 1995; I concur. Thats why in CQ Contest Survey I voted to keep the "useless" 5NN. I find that this precept is exactly what is needed for successful QSOs. I haven't said it in as eloquent terms as you, but; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1995-03/msg00004.html (13,245 bytes)
5. Numeric Abbreviations (score: 1): Author: N5RZ@aol.com (N5RZ@aol.com); Date: Wed Mar 1 21:25:00 1995; AA3JU sez: prowords. K0OD sez: This brings up one of my big pet-peeves. If someone asks you to confirm ur callsign, information, etc., on phone, say ROGER, or if condx are poor, a series of ROGERS. T; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1995-03/msg00007.html (14,288 bytes)
6. numeric abbreviations (score: 1): Author: JFSINGER@delphi.com (JFSINGER@delphi.com); Date: Wed Mar 1 23:55:06 1995; prowords. willco." N5RZ N5RZ@aol.com "Roger and Wilco are appropriate prowords." That certainly explains everything. Imagine some poor Bulgarian trying to figure out what we're talking about. I don'; /archives//html/CQ-Contest/1995-03/msg00008.html (9,493 bytes)

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