Does it really matter if the report is 559 or 599, the important part is that you get the call sign CORRECT and the zone, country, serial # or power. That is what the contest managers require, that you can copy all the information correctly. As mentioned earlier, the 599 is more or less a preamble to getting the power, country, or serial number, which is the important part of the exchange in addition to the call sign. I could care less, even during a non-contest qso what report the other station gives me for a report, if he gets my call sign correct and maybe my name and qth, I don't give a rip what his S meter reads.. What I do not understand is the stations that run at 50+ wpm. Many of us that run at 25-30 wpm simply bypass them and go on to someone we can copy on the first time. I guess that there are the "top notch" ops that can copy at 50+ but eventually they are going to have worked all/most of them and my thinking is that perhaps they might work more stations by slowing down a bit..YOMV.
Paul NF8J Why be upset with a 599? Because of that very same variability; it is highly unlikely that you will have exactly the same propagation to different parts of the world at the same time, so why should you accept the same report from all contacts without question? Matthew Pitts N8OHU Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android ______________________________________________________________ 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
