To: | Georgek5kg@aol.com, CQ-Contest@CONTESTING.COM |
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Subject: | Re: [CQ-Contest] "Please copy my number" |
From: | Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> |
Date: | Mon, 17 Nov 2003 17:06:12 -0500 |
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At 01:17 PM 11/17/03 -0500, Georgek5kg@aol.com wrote:I'd like to offer the following comments after having just finished SS Phone: I agree, but there is some utility when doing S&P in a null syllable or two before the content that counts, just to let the other guy know you're transmitting, and in case his T/R relay hangs a little. I frequently use "Thanks" or "QSL. " When you're running, it shouldn't matter, because you have sent his call before the number anyway. ... 3.) Saying serial numbers. I find that saying numbers like 360 as "three I agree that leading zeros are a pain, but disagree on the voicing of numbers. In marginal conditions, "thousand," "hundred," "-ty" and "-teen" often make the difference between my needing a fill and feeling confident enough to go on, because they give a "place value" to the numeral as well as a numerical value. When asked to repeat a number I commonly do both -- "five-four, fifty-four" or "1 3 2 one hundred thirty two." Here the redundancy and the place value interlock IMO. You missed the most aggravating scenario, though, unnecessary redundancy during the exchange. You're running, and a weak station answers, but you're hearing him well at the moment. You give his call and the exchange, and listen. He comes back "N4ZR November Four Zanzibar Romeo I QSL Thank you for your number three hundred forty two. Please copy your number oops my number thirty three 3 3 alpha alpha Kilo Echo Seven Sierra Bravo Mexico (fictitious call) Kilo Echo Seven Sierra Bravo Mexico Check of 5 4 fifty four in Santa Clara Valley that's SCV." Please, please, please, say it once quickly and let me ask for any fills I need.
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