"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Tony Cox" wrote in message
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[...] For example, generally
going around saying both numbers would not have done a single thing to
help
you fill in the blanks in that Cherokee's transmission. You still
would
have been left wondering if he was talking about 02 or 20.

Not really. He'd have said "Cherokee blah-blah downwind zero"

You are not paying attention. Not even to your own post, apparently.

You're right, sorry. But extending to the general case (or 01/19 for that
matter), my point is valid. Truncating the last number (or not) while
vocalizing the "zero" at least alerts others to a potential problem;
omitting
the "zero" leads to potentially dangerous confusion.


[...]
And in busy airports, when one can hardly get a word in? Dropping
the airport name at the end would seem to enhance safety & lots
of people tend to do it.

Maybe it would seem to, to you. But it's important to have the airport
name
at both ends, specifically to enhance safety. Dropping the airport name
neither frees up a significant amount of radio time, nor enhances safety,
and the fact that "lots of people tend to do it" is irrelevant.

It takes me about 3 seconds to repeat my home airport name. And
think of those poor sods at SJC when the tower is closed:- "Cherokee
blah-blah, left base 29, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
Airport traffic" ;-).



They could still be stepped on, if not by other pilots then by an ASOS.

What ASOS transmits on the traffic frequency?

Boulder City (61B) for one. Every 15 minutes or so even if not
prompted by three clicks.