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Re: [CQ-Contest] 579

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 579
From: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:16:14 -0700
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Very interesting, Dave. I honestly did not know that the 10m contest paid attention to RST, but since it is a dual mode contest I guess that makes a lot of sense.

I stand corrected.

73,
Dave   AB7E




On 3/24/2013 8:03 PM, David Pruett wrote:
Dave,

The ARRL 10M contest checks the RST. I know, because I do the logchecking for this contest and wrote the logchecking software.

We are particularly interested in the "T", or more specifically its presence or absence. Before you ask why we do this, its because dupes and mults count by mode in this contest, and we want to be sure QSOs are worked on the claimed mode. You'd be surprised how sloppy some people are in keeping the mode accurate in their logging program while they're operating, particularly without computer-control of the radio.

If you make a QSO on CW, but the sent and received reports are R/S only (i.e., "59" instead of "599") was the report logged incorrectly or is the mode wrong? For QSOs where we don't have the "other" log (typically about 50% of the QSOs in a 10M contest can be verified direct/y), there is no way to independently check the mode.

We have been checking the 10M contest this way for more than a decade.

73, Dave/K8CC



On 3/24/2013 2:47 PM, David Gilbert wrote:

1. Log checking does not include the signal report for any major contest I'm aware of. It isn't even checked for DXCC.

2. There is no such thing as a "real" signal report when nobody knows what kind of antenna you are using, how high it is, what your surrounding terrain is like, or even whether you have your antenna pointed in their direction (such as when you're running a pileup). The best your signal report does is tell the other guy how well you are hearing him, not how strong his signal is into Thailand ... they aren't really the same thing. That being said, out of contests I also try my best to give an accurate assessment of how well I'm copying somebody.

Dave   AB7E



On 3/23/2013 8:38 PM, Charles Harpole wrote:
For those who enjoy giving accurate signal reports, try giving accurate
signal reports during contests.

UR RST 579 OM.

I wonder is the signal report line is even a part of the contest checking,
similar to the Zones not checked of times past.

Out of contests, I try to give real signal reports on the assumption that
my callers will appreciate knowing how they are REALLY getting into
Thailand.  73,


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