[Elecraft] OT: CW Contest logging question

[F5vjc]

Agreed, the use of Cut numbers has become ridiculous, beyond the
universally well known 9=N and 0=T.
I agree with Jim,  cut numbers are for lids :)

73,  Deni - F5VJC



On 22 February 2016 at 07:02, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On Sun,2/21/2016 9:00 PM, Chester Alderman wrote:
>
>>   I did go into my log and converted the 'NN' to 99;
>>
>
> Back when I was learning CW and ham radio, I was taught to copy what is
> sent. I still do that, and that's what goes in my log. If he sends ATT, I
> log ATT. If he sends 1K, or 1KW, that's what i log. If he sends NN, I log
> NN. When I'm copying JAs, I make allowances for language when he sends 1oo
> and log 100. Several years ago, a lot of JAs were getting really strange
> with cut numbers for power, and I refused the Q if they wouldn't send me
> real numbers. Thankfully they have gotten the word.
>
> Cut numbers are for lids. I put up with ENN for 599, because the report is
> an anachronistic placeholder. But the structure of Morse numbers provides
> some redundancy (in the form of spacing) to reduce errors, and I refuse to
> give up that redundancy. I'm the one who gets dinged if I copy his exchange
> wrong.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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