Curious that signal reports comes up today. I worked 7Z1HL today and received a 329 report. He got back a 339 report.
The county hunter folks tend to give more realistic reports on a regular basis. In contests they mean nothing. Mike W0MU J6/W0MU November 21 - December 1 2011 CQ WW DX CW W0MU-1 CC Cluster w0mu.net On 10/3/2011 1:30 PM, Dick Williams wrote: > I think the rationale behind the 599/59 report is in the interest of saving > time and maximizing contacts. Can you imagine the amount of additional time > that would be required to enter each signal report received in the log; > none the less the number of guys that would request a repeat of the report. > The 599/59 report streamlines the contact, allowing many more contacts per > minute. > > That said, I will agree with you for casual contacts, an honest report > makes a lot more sense and will give you (and the other station) about both > how you each stack up and band conditions. > > Dick K8ZTT > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Geoffrey Downs > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:19 PM > To: Ron D'Eau Claire; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 4W6A Video, count the K3's ! > > Quite agree Ron, yet this 59/599 thing seems to be deeply ingrained into > dxpeditions and contests these days. Speaking for myself I would far rather > have a true report so I know how I'm getting out to the relevant place at > the relevant time. > > 73 to all > > Geoff > G3UCK > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron D'Eau Claire > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 7:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 4W6A Video, count the K3's ! > > That's great Iain - tnx! > > But WHY give someone a "599" report when they have an S1 signal? They made > the contact. They got into the log. That's the goal. Why lie about the > signal strength? > > If someone asked about their signal I'd hope they got an honest reply. > > (I feel the same way about contests, but the justification there is that a > "signal report" is required by the rules for a valid contact. I've never > seen a rule that it has to be a valid signal report, so it's 599 for anyone > who gets into the log, Hi!) > > 73, > > Ron AC7AC > > -----Original Message----- > > > Link to 4W6A video via YouTube. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIHDCZiwG8&feature=player_embedded > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sIHDCZiwG8&feature=player_embedded> > > Count the K3's ! > > Iain G4SGX > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
