[Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

A way to remember which is which is to note that the American Morse (or
Railroad Morse)  character for zero was an extra long dash equal to 5 code
elements. Naturally many early Hams were old railroad men and the single
long dash instead of five dashes for zero became common very quickly on the
bands even before the spark gaps were silenced. 

When keyers and keyboards came along it was no longer possible for people
using them to send the American Morse zero so "T" was substituted. 

Another adaption of Railroad Morse that makes a good bar challenge is to ask
why Hams send "es" for "and". Dit, dit-dit-dit is Railroad Morse for an
ampersand. Good for a beer challenge to newer Hams, Hi! 

73 Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Gene
Gabry
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 2:19 PM
To: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question

NN would be short cut for 99 not 100. If you log 100 the Q is no good, as
the op sent 99 (NN) not 100 (ATT). 

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
Chester Alderman
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 3:16 PM
To: ed at w0yk.com; 'Peter Pauly'
Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question

OK...but what if you receive 'NN'? Do you log that as 99 or do you log it as
100? 

What this means is there ARE exceptions to the ARRL's rule to "log what you
receive"!

Tom  W4BQF


-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Ed
Muns
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2016 3:56 PM
To: 'Peter Pauly'
Cc: 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question

In ARRL DX, convert cut numbers and enter real numbers.  The letter
abbreviations like K and KW can be left as is in your log.  If you get '1K',
you can enter that as is, too.  Log checking will accommodate all these.

Ed W0YK
____________________________________________________

Peter Pauly wrote:

I have a question about the proper way to log power entries for the ARRL
International DX CW contest. People send "cut numerals" like:

K = 1000
1TT = 100
5TT = 500

I've even had someone send 1OO with the letter "oh" instead of zeroes.
Should I log and submit the carbrillo file with these cut numerals as they
sent them, or should I convert them to numbers before logging?

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