I agree. Cut numbers are definitely disorienting, especially on a weak
signal. It makes you wonder if he's repeating his precedence, if you missed
the last letter of his call on the first go-round, etc., etc.
More than cut numbers, this year it was leading zeros. If I hear four
dashes at the end but missed the first element, was it a 1 or a leading
zero? Please don't use them. It's really not a problem to copy serial
numbers of different lengths. There must be some new software that sends
leading zeros by default, as I heard a lot of them this year.
Robert K5PI
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of KI9A@aol.com
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 7:56 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Cut numbers in SSCW
I've noticed in the last couple of years, there seems to be more and more
use of cut numbers in SS.
Guys, this is NOT the place to use them. With the mix of numbers and
letters, the confusion is much higher than something like WPX. One guy
gave
me dit dahdit for his check. It was 59. I asked for a fill. But, my brain
wants to tell me its the beginning of ENY. I can copy 40 WPM with not much
problem, and QSO in well of excess of 30. I can copy CW pretty well. But,
my brain doesn't react quick enough during the exchange, and I end up
missing the next part while the stupid cut numbers are processing.
EVERY guy that gave me cut numbers, I asked for a fill on purpose. Call
me a bad man, but, hey, it is what it is.
73- Chuck KI9A
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