A few interesting things noted during this weekend's CQ WW CW...

- A few weeks ago in the Phone Sweepstakes I worked WW0WWW. Figured
"this guy *must* be a phone op, no self-respecting CW ham would pick a
call like that!"

Guess who called me on 20 meters CW this morning?!

- M0O.

- Has Finland invaded Argentina? An OH3 station sent me Zone 13; when I
questioned him on it, he insisted he was in Zone 13. OK, if that's what
he sends then I guess that's what I'll log...

- Scores I had at some point during the contest:
69696
257752
363636
589589
909090

There should be a special certificate for submitting a palindromic score.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

- Has Finland invaded Argentina? An OH3 station sent me Zone 13; when I
questioned him on it, he insisted he was in Zone 13. OK, if that's what
he sends then I guess that's what I'll log...

EA8ZS was sending Zone 44 on some bands, all weekend!

I posted it a few times, adding "Rare Zone 44", and people told
me he is in 33. Well, I know dat!!

So if you log 33, you should lose points. If you log 44, your
computer probably crashed.

Derek aa5bt

Derek Wills wrote:
EA8ZS was sending Zone 44 on some bands, all weekend!

Nope. He was sending "VV" which is the braindead equivalent to "33"


Peter Lemken
DF5JT
Berlin

--
Toleranz, das war doch diese resultierende Verhaltensweise, wenn man sich
zwischen Abscheu und Mitleid nicht entscheiden kann.

(Andreas Kroschel in de.alt.talk.unmut)

EA8ZS was sending Zone 44 on some bands, all weekend!

Nope. He was sending "VV" which is the braindead equivalent to "33"

Ah, I wondered about that - I just heard a bunch of dots
and a dash at the end :-) Hardly worth shortening it
that much, really. HC8N was sending ENNAT, which is
much less ambiguous. Oh well, I'll count the dots more
carefully next time!

Derek aa5bt

Just FYI

ABBREVIATED NUMBERS
Typically Used In Contests

1 ·-
2 ··-
3 ·--
4 ···-
5 ···
6 -···
7 --·
8 -··
9 -·
0 -



--
The Anon Keyboard
I doubt, therefore I might be



"Derek Wills" wrote in message
...
EA8ZS was sending Zone 44 on some bands, all weekend!

Nope. He was sending "VV" which is the braindead equivalent to "33"

Ah, I wondered about that - I just heard a bunch of dots
and a dash at the end :-) Hardly worth shortening it
that much, really. HC8N was sending ENNAT, which is
much less ambiguous. Oh well, I'll count the dots more
carefully next time!

Derek aa5bt

ABBREVIATED NUMBERS
Typically Used In Contests

(sorry, can't reproduce them on my mail system)

Where is this list from? No problem with 0, 1 and 9 but "V"
for 4? Peter said VV was meant to be 33 in the case of EA8ZS
in the recent contest....

I have never heard any of those other abbreviations used in
15+ yrs of CW contesting. I have heard a single "dit" for 5,
as part of "599", when it's unambiguous. And in the ARRL
contest when power is part of the exchange, I've heard 599 000
for a KW (I sometimes reply "fb QRP").

I hope nobody sends these things to me in a contest as a serial
number, other than 0, 1 and 9!

Derek aa5bt (I guess that's 11560, or something...)

ABBREVIATED NUMBERS
Typically Used In Contests

(sorry, can't reproduce them on my mail system)

Where is this list from? No problem with 0, 1 and 9 but "V"
for 4? Peter said VV was meant to be 33 in the case of EA8ZS
in the recent contest....

I have never heard any of those other abbreviations used in
15+ yrs of CW contesting. I have heard a single "dit" for 5,
as part of "599", when it's unambiguous. And in the ARRL
contest when power is part of the exchange, I've heard 599 000
for a KW (I sometimes reply "fb QRP").

I hope nobody sends these things to me in a contest as a serial
number, other than 0, 1 and 9!

Derek aa5bt (I guess that's 11560, or something...)

Just FYI

ABBREVIATED NUMBERS
Typically Used In Contests

1 ·-
2 ··-
3 ·--
4 ···-
5 ···
6 -···
7 --·
8 -··
9 -·
0 -



--
The Anon Keyboard
I doubt, therefore I might be



"Derek Wills" wrote in message
...
EA8ZS was sending Zone 44 on some bands, all weekend!

Nope. He was sending "VV" which is the braindead equivalent to "33"

Ah, I wondered about that - I just heard a bunch of dots
and a dash at the end :-) Hardly worth shortening it
that much, really. HC8N was sending ENNAT, which is
much less ambiguous. Oh well, I'll count the dots more
carefully next time!

Derek aa5bt

EA8ZS was sending Zone 44 on some bands, all weekend!

Nope. He was sending "VV" which is the braindead equivalent to "33"

Ah, I wondered about that - I just heard a bunch of dots
and a dash at the end :-) Hardly worth shortening it
that much, really. HC8N was sending ENNAT, which is
much less ambiguous. Oh well, I'll count the dots more
carefully next time!

Derek aa5bt

Derek Wills wrote:
EA8ZS was sending Zone 44 on some bands, all weekend!

Nope. He was sending "VV" which is the braindead equivalent to "33"


Peter Lemken
DF5JT
Berlin

--
Toleranz, das war doch diese resultierende Verhaltensweise, wenn man sich
zwischen Abscheu und Mitleid nicht entscheiden kann.

(Andreas Kroschel in de.alt.talk.unmut)