Yuri Blanarovich wrote:

I find the obligatory 599 or 59 report absolute nonsense , if not stupid ,
especially in connection with contests ,because it does not provide 'any
information' .


So, like you want me to sit at the rig with magnifying glass and observe the
meter with 5% accuracy?
Reports became largely redundant, most people chose to 59 them, but nobody is
stopping you from using accurate report. . .

It's lots of fun to jump into a DX contest for a while and give honest
RST reports. Totally blows the other guy's mind. I suspect most can't
even figure out a way to log it. I'm sure Yuri would get a big kick out
of folks doing that to him during a hot contest.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:02:27 -0800, Noise From Afar hath writ:
The reason for the 59 or 599 is contesters don't want to waste time with
lesser reports so they always give 59 or 599
and their computers are programmed for 59 or 599
Paper loggers just enter 59 or 599 in one entry and draw a line thru the
column
Time is of the essence in a contest
This practice altho wrong has been going on for years and undoubtedly will
continue

And a contester is not after RST information per se but must satisfy the
rules -- just quick rapid contacts is the drill
Q-Rate me lads Q-Rate

That's whay (as an earlier poster in the thread mentioned) VHF contests
are more honest. The exchange has to be the (correct) grid square.

Thus, the contest judges have a excellent way to locate mis-matched
calls:grids.

73
Jonesy
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On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:02:27 -0800, "Noise From Afar"
wrote:

The reason for the 59 or 599 is contesters don't want to waste time with
lesser reports so they always give 59 or 599
and their computers are programmed for 59 or 599
Paper loggers just enter 59 or 599 in one entry and draw a line thru the
column

that is bad logging practice,
you write 5 for 559, 7 for 579, and leave open for 599

with 25WPM it is no real problem on this side
---
J. M. Noeding, LA8AK, N-4623 Kristiansand
http://home.online.no/~la8ak/c.htm

"Noise From Afar" wrote in message
news:7zord.190863$hj.186448@fed1read07...
The reason for the 59 or 599 is contesters don't want to waste time with
lesser reports so they always give 59 or 599
and their computers are programmed for 59 or 599
Paper loggers just enter 59 or 599 in one entry and draw a line thru the
column
Time is of the essence in a contest
This practice altho wrong has been going on for years and undoubtedly will
continue

And a contester is not after RST information per se but must satisfy the
rules -- just quick rapid contacts is the drill
Q-Rate me lads Q-Rate


AS time and the Q rate is important and everyone is going 599, why don't
the contest rules just do away with that requirement ? What good is it ?

It's lots of fun to jump into a DX contest for a while and give honest
RST reports. Totally blows the other guy's mind. I suspect most can't
even figure out a way to log it. I'm sure Yuri would get a big kick out
of folks doing that to him during a hot contest.

Roy Lewallen, W7EL



No problem, just one more keystroke, unless one has jumped the gun, assumed 599
and logged the QSO before the other station sent the real report. Then it is
few more keystrokes :-(

Yuri, K3BU.us