I actually see RRR fairly often. In many cases I think it is newbies who have not read the manual.
The thing that puzzles me a bit is that occasionally I will work an op who sends RR73 and then after my 73 he also sends a 73. At that point it starts to feel a little like a Alphonse and Gaston cartoon. :) 73 -Jim On Sun, 22 Oct 2023 10:08:05 +0300 OG55W via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Last two months I have had about 5000 FT8/FT4 QSOs. I have received just one > RRR, all the others were RR73. So RRR is not in use very much… > > 73 Keijo OG5O > > Lähetetty Windowsin Sähköpostiista > > Lähettäjä: Reino Talarmo via wsjt-devel > Lähetetty: sunnuntai 22. lokakuuta 2023 8.49 > Vastaanottaja: 'WSJT software development' > Kopio: Reino Talarmo > Aihe: Re: [wsjt-devel] No 73 allowed after RR73? > > Hi Andy and all, > The protocol is flexible on that issue. The original weak signal QSO do > contain a “RRR” that is “confirmed” by a “73” to keep both sizes of the QSO > happy. > The “RR73” is really intended for “strong signal” QSO’s and then the “73” is > not needed to keep the QSO time short. > > 73, Reino OH3mA > > From: Andrew Neumeier via wsjt-devel > [mailto:wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net] > Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2023 1:05 AM > To: Neil Zampella via wsjt-devel <wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: Andrew Neumeier <ka2...@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [wsjt-devel] No 73 allowed after RR73? > > In some cases the use of RR73 is problematic. I operate FT8 almost > exclusively on 2 meters, weak signal. If I am working a very weak station, > and that station chooses to use RR73 instead of 73, there > is a good chance that I have not received it, especially if I am waiting for > a qsb peak on the signal. By sending RR73 that station assumes we are done > once RR73 is sent, but we may not be done. I continue > sending a signal report, while the station I was in contact with is off > working another station. I may then fail to log that qso, since it is > incomplete, unless the station realizes the mistake and continues the qso. > > On occasion I have even seen RR73 used in MSK144 or even Q65 which is just > out of line in weak signal, or meteor scatter work. > > When working weak signals I don't think RR73 should ever be used and I never > use it myself. > > 73, > Andy, ka2uqw _______________________________________________ wsjt-devel mailing list wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel
