C W question/Cut numbers
Posted by
Bill_Harris on
Nov 28, 2004; 5:20pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/C-W-question-Cut-numbers-tp372125.html
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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