[Elecraft] C W question/Cut numbers

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The practice of cut numbers dates back to WW2, maybe further.    After that,  it was a  common practice on commercial circuits.  But for some reason,  I don't believe it was not picked up by the amateur community until much later, say the 80's or  90"s?   The dah component was elongated,  such as  Daaah Dit =9; Daaah=0 or  Dit Daaah for a 5, which emphasized it as a number when sending mixed alpha numeric code groups, such as V5FN9,  and sometimes with numeric groups, where as a normal A (5) or N (9) would suffice. It may have been the operators call which to use.  When using the Bug or a Keyer in Simi-Auto,  I occasionally slip up and send a long N for a 9 in the signal report.  Guess that dates me. 

Carry-on
KXBill


> On Nov 28, 2004, at 7:08 AM, Dan Barker wrote:
> 
> > Does A4 mean 14 in Spanish? I hear Zones of A4 from EA7 stations. My 
> > map
> > says 14 but my Español es muy stinko.
> 

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