> -----Original Message----- > From: Ron D'Eau Claire > ...But WHY give someone a "599" report when they have an S1 signal?....
========= Ah yes. Actually, it isn't even 599, it's 5nn. If a DXpedition has 50,000 QSOs, you may be sure that every one receives 5nn. There is actually a reason, of course: it speeds up the run rate. Whether or not that reason is valid depends on your point of view. It seems absurd to have a QSO whose entire contents consist of 3 characters that are known in advance, but it's the way things have evolved. At least one DX mode, JT65, has a different convention. The exchange is pre-canned, but the reports are valid, expressed in dBM, and calculated by the software. Whatcha gonna do....? 73, Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
