Folks - this thread has already been closed. 73,
Eric Elecraft List Mnoderator --- www.elecraft.com On 2/20/2012 5:38 PM, KQ8M wrote: > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
