I had someone send me
"48TU", which I interpreted as 48 and then "Why is this guy saying thanks?"
I ended up missing the check as well, That, at least, was an unfortunate
combination. So, especially if your precedence is U, I don't recommend
using T for 0 in serial numbers.
Then there was the guy who kept sending his section as "8C", but that's
another matter! :-) I just couldn't figure out what the heck that was after
20 hours or so... :-)
73,
Mark
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: J F <phriendly1@yahoo.com>
> I sent cut numbers in the original exchange, but only
> T for Zeros... I really don't like N for anything
> other than a signal report.
>
> If asked for a repeat, I sent full the full number.
> Worked every time.
>
> T was more of an issue on 20 with QSB it seemed to me,
> and with newer ops.
>
> Cuts won't go away and new contesters need to be aware
> of the practice. If it takes an occasional repeat, not
> much lost and more gained for the future.
>
> Thanks for the Q Jeff... hope the K3 was fun!
>
> 73,
> Julius
> n2wn
>
> --- Jeff Stai <jds@twistedoak.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Good advice. They only confuse the new people and
> > the casual operators. And we need them.
> >
> > thanks! - jeff wk6i
> >
> > AD5VJ Bob wrote:
> > > I just went through many hours of ss not
> > understanding why I was getting so many repeats.
> > Since my logging applications lets me
> > > decide whether to use all cut numbers or just the
> > T for 0 I decided to change it from all cut numbers
> > to using only the T.
> > >
> > > I have not had a repeat since.
> > >
> > > Not sure why but it seems no one is looking for
> > cut numbers to be sent in place of real ones.
> > >
> > > So I suggest if your using cut numbers in your
> > serial exchanges, you might want to consider not
> > using them anymore.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jeff Stai jds@twistedoak.com
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