--- Doug Faunt, N6TQS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I understand it, cut numbers are only used where there's no > ambiguity. There is certainly ambiguity possible in callsigns, [...] > But when giving a signal report or sending the zone as part of an > simple contest exchange, cut numbers are certainly appropriate. And > any CW operator should be aware of them.
I agree completely. Of course, a long dah is not necessary in these situations, since the lack of ambiguity allows us to just send T for 0, A for 1, ..., and N for 9. But I guess that was the problem that the long dah was trying to conquer, that is, to allow cut numbers in ambiguous situations. And I'll bet it was the influence of Landline/American Morse proficiente who introduced that, since the long dah was an actual element (eg. L and 0 (zero)). Either way, I would nto advocate it in ambiguous situations. dt . _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
