Bill and All,
I'm not an ardent contester, so this is a serious question--not a criticism.
I did jump in this year on a very erratic basis, which only yielded about
110 Q's. But I'm curious--how does "ENN AU" convert to "599 21"? More
specifically, the "E" and the "AU" part? I know it is getting to be pretty
"standard" to use "N" for "9", and "T" for "0". That happens all the time
in regular QSO's. I even started getting used to the use of "A" for "1"
during the contest--lots of South America stations doing that. But the
shorthand I question above is new to me. Probably it has been in use for a
long time, but I sure didn't know it. I suspect a lot of others didn't
either. That has to add to the confusion, and cause otherwise unnecessary
requests for repeats. And the use of "A" for "1" by some ops, and for "2"
by others, makes no sense. Seems to me if shorthand is to be used it should
follow some generally accepted standard. Anyway, as one of the leading
check-out stand tabloids says, "Inquiring minds want to know!"
Dave W7AQK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill W4ZV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 10:44 AM
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] K3 and CQWW
If you were answered 4L0A at 15-18 WPM, he would have completed 2 QSOs by
the time you finished signing your call twice! And you would have been
QRMing everyone else in the process. He was sending at 32-34 WPM and his
canned exchange sped up to ~50 WPM (i.e. "ENN AU" for 599 21). And this
was
on 160 meters no less!
73, Bill W4ZV
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