If you want an accurate signal report, the place to go is RBN http://www.reversebeacon.net/main.php
Just Send CQ and wait for the spots to roll in. Everything else is preamble [contest 599 - for everyone] or overly polite, or a wild guess, or all of the above. Eric VA7DZ 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 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ______________________________________________________________ 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

