[CW] ARRL bad CW Practice

[Darrel]

Just to reinforce Richard's comment:

https://www.itu.int/rec/R-REC-M.1677-1-200910-I/

*ITU  RECOMMENDATION ITU-R M.1677-1*
*International Morse code**
*
Part I, section 4.3:
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A number that includes a fraction shall be transmitted with the
fraction linked to the whole**number by a single hyphen.**


*
Cheers,
      Darrel, aa7fv.


On 4/14/2022 13:50, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>    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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