Couldn't RR3 maybe be mistaken for TT3 under QRN or QRM?
Or NN3 Or TN3 Or NT3
I'd vote for the whole number without the 5NN (or K8MR's 4NN) preceding
it.
And no cut numbers on the repeat request.
73 Hank K8DD
On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 5:14 PM, <kr2q@optimum.net> wrote:
> If condx are tough, or if you're just weak (my signal comes to mind), there
> has to be better
> way of "correcting" the sent serial number.
>
> Currently, it seems we all are limited to sending the complete SN over and
> over, even if only
> one (1) digit is wrong. This can lead to too much stuff to send as well as
> having previously
> correct digits converted to incorrect digits.
>
> I'm thinking about a "cut number - like" solution. So if I'm sending SN
> 123 but the other guy
> copied 112 and asks a CFM, I should be able to send something like RR3 or
> KK3 or something
> so that he knows that he has the other stuff correct but that the last
> digit (in this case) is
> wrong. Sending 1324 multiple times is a pain. Sending RR2R would be much
> better (I think?).
>
> Comments? And please don't tell me to just run more than 5 watts. :-)
>
> de Doug KR2Q
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