Posted by
Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy-2 on
Nov 30, 2004; 12:29pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/C-W-question-Cut-numbers-tp372125p372130.html
My two cents worth, I remember the long dah =0, A=1 and N=9 being used on
the ham bands sometimes, way back in the middle ages (1940s). But not long
ago I upset a guy on 40m by giving him a RST report of 57A, (A= auroral
tone). He thought I meant that his "tone" was "sixty-cycle or less, very
rough and broad" (571). We made up.
73, Geoff GM4ESD
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Toepfer" <
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Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] C W question/Cut numbers
> I agree completely. Of course, a long dah is not necessary in these
> situations, since the lack of ambiguity allows us to just send T for 0, A
for
> 1, ..., and N for 9.
>
> But I guess that was the problem that the long dah was trying to conquer,
that
> is, to allow cut numbers in ambiguous situations. And I'll bet it was the
> influence of Landline/American Morse proficiente who introduced that,
since the
> long dah was an actual element (eg. L and 0 (zero)).
>
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