Ah, yes, the days of the surplus tank radios!
Doug W6JD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Iain MacDonnell - N6ML" <a...@dseven.org> To: "David Pratt" <da...@g4dmp.fsnet.co.uk> Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:11:40 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3 David Pratt wrote: > So why bother with sending reports in contests if they are meaningless, > Dave? It serves as a marker in the exchange - when you hear that "..... -. -." or "fi-ni", you know that what's coming next is the stuff you need to copy and log. Also, isn't an exchange of signal reports traditionally considered a qualifier of a valid contact? Why do DXpeditions do it? Everyone's 59[9] then too... > I remember as a new young licensee in the 1950s we used to work > in contests to get reports to see how well we were getting out. One of > the contest rules of the day was that any station consistently getting > tone reports less that 9 could be disqualified. Those were the good old > days. Since then the world has gone mad. I'm too young to remember the sane world :) ~Iain / N6ML ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
