I think ARRL tolerates just about anything in the power field of the DX 
contest Cabrillo log.  W3LPL advises to enter whatever you copy.  In the 
past I put 000 for all the variants of a kilowat, but this year I tended to 
follow what was sent.  The N's and T's are a different story; they are "cut 
numbers".  A represents 1, U represents 2, E might represent 5, N is 9 and T 
is 0.  So for logging, I convert those into numbers.  Some low-power 
stations put leading 0's or T's in front of their 5 or 50, and some don't.
Because all church activities were canceled, I ended up operating for 20 
hours and made 1,271 QSOs, with barely over a million points.  Spent more 
time running stations this time, so I missed quite a few multipliers.  I had 
one hour with 129 QSOs, and other fast runs.  It was a blast, interrupted by 
some breaks for snow shoveling, meals, grocery shopping, sleep, etc.
Skip was rather short yesterday afternoon; I was hearing Iowa and Wisconsin 
on 15 meters, which explains the high absorption you guys experienced on the 
20-meter informal net.
73,


Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Dave Basden
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 9:23 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ARRL DX Contest Question

Hi Steve,

Yes, I had fun.  I don't much care for the unusual number
abbreviations.  I just hope ARRL accepts them.  the "enn" is the one
that really confuses me.  Does it mean "199" and if so why 199 and
not 200?  Oh well.  Thanks for your input.

73,

Dave, W7Oq

At 03:45 PM 2/23/2015, you wrote:
>Hi Dave,
>
>
>I guess the old rule that you copy what was sent applies here.
>
>This is from the ARRL rules page for this contest:
>
>4.2. DX stations send signal report and power (number or abbreviation
>indicating approximate transmitter output power)
>
>
>So I don't think it matters if the DX station sends K or KW.
>
>
>Also ATT is 100 and ETT is 500.    I'm not real big on the cut numbers,
>but  it's a part of the game.
>
>73, hope you had fun, Steve KW3A
>
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>
>On 2/23/2015 2:53 PM, Dave Basden wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > During the the ARRL DX Contest for CW this past weekend, I was
> > getting some power indications I am uncertain about.  I assume att is
> > 100 watts, but what are att and ett?  Also some ops send k for 1000
> > and some sent KW.  I'm not sure what ARRL requires in my Cabrillo
> > log.  If any of you is savvy about this, please enlighten me.
> >
> > Dave, W7OQ
> >
> >
> >