On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:30:04 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>WILLIS COOKE wrote:
>>Bottom line, it is a great
>>report in my opinion except during a contest where
>>everybody expects a 59 report regardless of receiving
>>conditions which is as valuable as no report at all.
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>Which makes th
WILLIS COOKE wrote:
Bottom line, it is a great
report in my opinion except during a contest where
everybody expects a 59 report regardless of receiving
conditions which is as valuable as no report at all.
Which makes the report meaningless.
Which begs the question: Why require a report in c
Cookie K5EWJ wrote:
The 599 method of signal reporting was developed long
before receivers had S meters or there was any defacto agreement about what
signal strength should be what meter reading.
One early commercial receiver featured a volume control with a pointer
The 599 method of signal reporting was developed long
before receivers had S meters or there was any defacto
agreement about what signal strength should be what
meter reading. If I get a 51 signal report, I take it
to mean that the other operator can copy me just fine,
but I am not doing anything
I have always given signal reports according to how well I could hear the
sending station.
I never pay any attention to the S-meter. Is that incorrect?
If I have to turn down the volume for a station, I will give him a 9, and if
I can barley hear him
above the noise, he will probably get a 3. An
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