Agreed, the use of Cut numbers has become ridiculous, beyond the universally well known 9=N and 0=T. I agree with Jim, cut numbers are for lids :)
73, Deni - F5VJC On 22 February 2016 at 07:02, Jim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun,2/21/2016 9:00 PM, Chester Alderman wrote: > >> I did go into my log and converted the 'NN' to 99; >> > > Back when I was learning CW and ham radio, I was taught to copy what is > sent. I still do that, and that's what goes in my log. If he sends ATT, I > log ATT. If he sends 1K, or 1KW, that's what i log. If he sends NN, I log > NN. When I'm copying JAs, I make allowances for language when he sends 1oo > and log 100. Several years ago, a lot of JAs were getting really strange > with cut numbers for power, and I refused the Q if they wouldn't send me > real numbers. Thankfully they have gotten the word. > > Cut numbers are for lids. I put up with ENN for 599, because the report is > an anachronistic placeholder. But the structure of Morse numbers provides > some redundancy (in the form of spacing) to reduce errors, and I refuse to > give up that redundancy. I'm the one who gets dinged if I copy his exchange > wrong. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
