On Nov 28, 2004, at 7:08 AM, Dan Barker wrote:
Does A4 mean 14 in Spanish? I hear Zones of A4 from EA7 stations. My
map
says 14 but my Español es muy stinko.
Hi Dan,
"A4" is just a truncated-elements form of "14". Below is G0UKB's
succinct explanation from a posting to our reflector on Nov. 7th, 2001.
73,
Wayne
N6KR
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It is becoming more common for operators, in an effort to minimize ANY
unnecessary effort, to use "cut numbers". Cut numbers are abbreviated
forms
of the number, expressed as LETTERS:
0 = T
1 = A
2 = U
9 = N
Generally all the other numbers are send as numbers, but "5NN T4" means
"599 04". The cut numbers for zero and 9 will be the most frequently
used.
However, in contests where the exchange is RST and POWER, you will often
hear a station send "5NN ATT" for "599 100", or even "5NN TTT" or "5NN
K"
for "599 1000".
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