Hi Don, You HAVE to be a dyed-in-the-wool contestor to really "...get" the whole notion, I s'pose...!
In the final summation, individual signal reports mean zip / zero / nada, when you get upwards of 2-3+ QSOs per minute... ~73!~ Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ *************************** ----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:51 AM Subject: [AMRadio] Contest signal reports > I am not a quarmtester, but sometimes I will work a few stations, > particularly in daylight hours during a 160m cw qrmtest. The challenge is > to see what kind of signal might make it across unusual distances during the > day, and I don't bother to keep score and usually not even a log. > > But I always give honest signal reports. To me, this business of > automatically giving everyone a 599 report is ridiculous, and defeats the > whole purpose. IMO, an operator who has to ask for several repeats to get > the essential information, and then gives a 599 report is a LID! > > And the same goes for the automatic "five-nines" on slopbucket. If they > want my contact, they will have to tolerate my carrier and a real signal > report. > > Don k4kyv > _______________________________________________________________ > > This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. > > http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ > http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
