A way to remember which is which is to note that the American Morse (or Railroad Morse) character for zero was an extra long dash equal to 5 code elements. Naturally many early Hams were old railroad men and the single long dash instead of five dashes for zero became common very quickly on the bands even before the spark gaps were silenced.
When keyers and keyboards came along it was no longer possible for people using them to send the American Morse zero so "T" was substituted. Another adaption of Railroad Morse that makes a good bar challenge is to ask why Hams send "es" for "and". Dit, dit-dit-dit is Railroad Morse for an ampersand. Good for a beer challenge to newer Hams, Hi! 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Gabry Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 2:19 PM To: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question NN would be short cut for 99 not 100. If you log 100 the Q is no good, as the op sent 99 (NN) not 100 (ATT). -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chester Alderman Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 3:16 PM To: [email protected]; 'Peter Pauly' Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question OK...but what if you receive 'NN'? Do you log that as 99 or do you log it as 100? What this means is there ARE exceptions to the ARRL's rule to "log what you receive"! Tom W4BQF -----Original Message----- From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Muns Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 3:56 PM To: 'Peter Pauly' Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector' Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question In ARRL DX, convert cut numbers and enter real numbers. The letter abbreviations like K and KW can be left as is in your log. If you get '1K', you can enter that as is, too. Log checking will accommodate all these. Ed W0YK ____________________________________________________ Peter Pauly wrote: I have a question about the proper way to log power entries for the ARRL International DX CW contest. People send "cut numerals" like: K = 1000 1TT = 100 5TT = 500 I've even had someone send 1OO with the letter "oh" instead of zeroes. Should I log and submit the carbrillo file with these cut numerals as they sent them, or should I convert them to numbers before logging? ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
