[Dx4win] cut numbers?

[Jerry N9AW]

Here's the skinny on "cut numbers".   Some memory keyers support cut
numbers.    Basically, they are an abbreviated way of sending some things
on CW especially used during contests.

Cut Numbers...

in sending RST reports in abbreviated form, for example 599, is sent as
5NN. "N" in place of the number "9".".
Also CW stations sometimes report their zones as "A4" or "A5" instead of
sending "14" or "15".
0 = T  1 = A   2 = U  3 = V   4 = 4
5 = E   6 = 6  7 = B  8 = D  9 = N

We've all heard and probably used 5nn in place of 599.   In DX4WIN
certainly 5NN can be put into macros.  And you wanted to consistently send
a report involving one of the above numbers then you could use the
abbreviation in your macro.   But other than that I don't know of any way
to tell DX4WIN that you want to send cut numbers and have it
automatically do so when it encounters one of the above numbers in text.

>From my experience in contesting the most common usage has been in contests
involving the sending of your CQ or ITU zone number.    For example, being
in Wisconsin, I might send 5NNT4 instead of 59904.   Caribbean stations
often send 5NNT8.   Europeans might send  5NNA4 instead of 59914, etc. etc
etc.

Hope this helps.

73
Jerry N9AW


On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Paul van der Eijk <pvandereijk at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Peter,
>
> I'm not familiar with that term, but DX4WIN supports prosigns.
> There is a file in the save sub-directory, DX4WIN.PRO that can be edited
> using notepad for example.
>
> --Paul, KK4HD
>
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 7:09 PM, Peter Archibald <PBA789 at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know,  if you can have cut cw numbers with in contest mode??
> >
> >
> >
> > Or in setup.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tnx  Peter/W4ZGR
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