All of the loggers support real reports, the contest organizers have left it in the exchange to possibly be used. Why doesn't it get used?
The participants voted 99.999% against it by refusal to use anything other than 5NN Just about almost everyone just WANTS it that way. The most popular contest in the world? The CQWWDX, where the only real exchange is the call sign. The huge majority of zones are known when the call sign is correct. The only other thing sent is ENN for 599. You can get run rates up into the 200's in the CQWW. It's not that contesters don't want to send you a real signal report. They don't want to send you any signal report AT ALL. For some folks a real signal report would be SO d**ned discouraging. Really mess with your head. Gotta believe, so you'll get on and stay on, that your signal is good enough that ANYONE with a decent RX can copy you, even on 160 where most TX antenna systems are cr*p because the counterpoise or radial systems are so really very bad. Worry about the radial system efficiency some other time besides the contest. BELIEVE anyone can hear you and get on and give the guys with the RX a CHANCE at digging your 239 signal out of the muck. 5NN NC, and give the next guy a chance to dig out your 239 signal, and the next. THEY ARE HAPPY that they can put your 239 (aka 5NN) signal in the log because maybe they dig out your call in spite of your signal and the next guy doesn't. That's putting daylight between his score and the next guy's. BTW, the last contest non-5NN signal report I gave someone, was someone in CW test who sounded like their DC power supply had gone AC on them, and had a ferocious buzz up and down. Feller before me told him in English, which he maybe did not understand since he was a PY. I sent him RST 561. Had to repeat it four times before he QSL'd the report. 561 NC 561 NC. 561 NC?? QSL 561 NC QSL QSL RR TU Buzz Biz Buzz Biz Buzz Buzz Biz Buzz... 73, Guy. On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:14 AM, David Pratt <[email protected]>wrote: > In a recent message, David Gilbert <[email protected]> writes > >I'd offer the opinion that crisp operating > >practices learned in contesting beat casual roundtable chats with > >friends hands down. > > "Crisp" they may be, but at least with roundtable chats you do get > genuine reports. This 5NN stuff really does put me off contests :-( > > 73 > -- > David G4DMP > Leeds, England, UK > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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
