Bo, I assume you mean vhf and up contests. On HF CW or Phone, the contest standard is always 599 or 59. Which means it is a meaningless part of the exchange. Why should FT8/MSK144 be held to a higher standard? At least they are trying to use some kind of a standard definition for signal strength.
John K7SYS On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 11:11 AM Bo Nilsson via wsjt-devel < wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Gents, > > > > As you know both FT8 and MSK144 are very popular modes on 6m, BUT for some > reason the report sent can change many times during a QSO. The result is > that both operators can log different reports and still have a valid QSO. > This sounds crazy to me. Obviously I’m not the only one concerned. In > several contests these two modes are banned for that reason. (A pity!) > > > > I’ve heard that one reason for changing the report during a QSO is to > inform the station you are calling of the current status of received signal > strength. I don’t see what help we get from this info. There are things > like QSB, MS bursts, QRM and other things that can change the report 10 > steps or more for one period. With 3 different programs on the market the > report does not say very much at all, as you don’t know which SW is used by > the station you work. Some SW is more generous than others. > > > > I propose that FT8 and MSK144 follow the standard pattern and that reports > stay unchanged during a QSO. > > > > 73 > > Bo > > SM7FJE > _______________________________________________ > wsjt-devel mailing list > wsjt-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wsjt-devel >
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