Stupid C W question

[Dan Barker]

Does A4 mean 14 in Spanish? I hear Zones of A4 from EA7 stations. My map
says 14 but my Español es muy stinko.

Dan / WG4S / K2 #2456

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[Alan Fryer-2]

Dan

In CW jargon:

"A" is short for "1", as "T" is short for "0", as "N" is short for "9", as
"R" is short for the decimal point.

Alan, N3BJ

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> 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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[wayne burdick]

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.

Hi Dan,

"A4" is just a truncated-elements form of "14". Below is G0UKB's
succinct explanation from a posting to our reflector on Nov. 7th, 2001.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

* * *

It is becoming more common for operators, in an effort to minimize ANY
unnecessary effort, to use "cut numbers". Cut numbers are abbreviated
forms
of the number, expressed as LETTERS:

    0 = T
    1 = A
    2 = U
    9 = N

Generally all the other numbers are send as numbers, but "5NN T4" means
"599 04". The cut numbers for zero and 9 will be the most frequently
used.
However, in contests where the exchange is RST and POWER, you will often
hear a station send "5NN ATT" for "599 100", or even "5NN TTT" or "5NN
K"
for "599 1000".

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[David Pratt-3]

'A' is the shortened form for '1' on CW, Dan.  People who send 5NN
instead of 599 understand all the shortened CW figures (I think!).

73 de David G4DMP

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>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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[Earl W Cunningham]

Dan, WG4S wrote:

"Does A4 mean 14 in Spanish?  I hear Zones of A4 from EA7 stations."
==========
"A" is an abbreviated "1" on CW in any language.

73, de Earl, K6SE
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