I worked one too, with a strong signal.
73, Pete N4ZR
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On 2/18/2018 8:06 PM, Tom Hellem wrote:
John-
Could it be that stations were sending ATT for 100 w., etc?
As you stated, conditions were in the toilet for you, so maybe
the A sounded like a T??
73
Tom
K0SN
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 11:58 AM, John W <xnewyorka@hotmail.com> wrote:
I'm playing a little in the ARRL DX contest and I've noticed something new
that I don't recall from previous years. Several DX stations have sent
their power as zero watts. I've received 5NN T, 5NN TT, and 5NN TTT
so far.
(For some reason, nobody is sending something more precise like 0.0
(would that be TRT?)
What is the reason for this? I must have missed the memo.
At least one of the stations was in Puerto Rico. So I was wondering if his
zero meant that he has no commercial power at his station. Maybe I'm
reading into it too much?
And one South American sent "LP" for his power. So does that mean he is
using a generator that runs on Liquid Propane? 😉
The rules at http://www.arrl.org/arrl-dx say:
4.2 DX stations send signal report and power (number or abbreviation
indicating approximate transmitter output power).
Where I come from, transmitter power is measured in units called WATTS.
So I would expect the exchange to be either a number, or an abbreviation
for a number, for example using 'cut' numbers. "LP" is not exactly that.
But I get it - it probably means 100 watts, or at least "no amplifier".
But what does TTT mean? That must mean "approximately 0.499 watts or
less". Yet the guy was 10 dB over S9, so I doubt that.
Ahh well, got to do something to keep it interesting when condx are in the
toilet.
Hope everybody caught the brief but glorious 10m opening this afternoon.
P40W was 15 dB over S9 in NNJ for more than 10 minutes!
73,
John
W2ID
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