Actually I believe that has been under discussion in the contest community for quite a long time. Just like the DX pileup where you are supposed to copy your signal report for a "good" contact, the same is supposed to be used in contests. Since it is always 599, I agree, it should be removed as part of the exchange in both contests and DXing but I do believe the powers that be that run the various contests and DX awards are stuck in the past and think it should always be a requirement. Nostalgia is such a wonderful thing.
73's Tim Herrick, KQ8M North Coast Contesters [email protected] K3 Serial #5934 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Elecraft] RST Reports Interesting to see several posts on this subject. My input: Why, in all contests including Marathon and BW, do we hear nothing but 599??? I would appreciate honest reports, so I know the condition of the band, and the most favorable directions for picking up zones, etc. If we are not going to give real reports- not pre-programmed into a CW memory- why don't we just eliminate them altogether as part of the exchange? ______________________________________________________________ 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
