My two cents worth, I remember the long dah =0, A=1 and N=9 being used on the ham bands sometimes, way back in the middle ages (1940s). But not long ago I upset a guy on 40m by giving him a RST report of 57A, (A= auroral tone). He thought I meant that his "tone" was "sixty-cycle or less, very rough and broad" (571). We made up.
73, Geoff GM4ESD ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Toepfer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] C W question/Cut numbers > > 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)). > _______________________________________________ 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
