[CW] ARRL bad CW Practice

[Richard Knoppow]

    I was just reminded of a bad practice by W1AW. That is the 
failure to use a separation between numbers and fractions. For 
instance W1AW sends 7-1/2 WPM as 71/2 WPM. The use of a dash to 
separate a number from a fraction is made clear in, for instance, 
the 1968 edition of the General Post Office handbook for radio 
operators on p.154 and in most other books on telegraph 
operating. I think it is well established and goes back to wire 
line practice although I have not looked it up. It makes good 
sense to use it. The ARRL seems to go its own way but people are 
supposed to learn good practice from their transmissions so this 
is a fairly serious error.
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Richard Knoppow
1oldlens1 at ix.netcom.com
WB6KBL