At 12/31/2006 02:58 PM, Julio VE3FH wrote:
>Why? because it makes it easier to copy what's next that's why, at least
>that's the way it works for me. Think of it as the preamble and/or frame
>delimiter of an Ethernet frame, why is it there? to sync the receiver to the
>upcoming data. In contests with no RST in the exchange I am asked for and I
>ask for far more repeats. This last Stew Perry was a clear example, I was
>lost without it and I am grateful to those that were sending a 5NN. I would
>like to see it included as part of the exchange for future tests but as a
>5NN, not a real RST or an ENN.
The problem with the Stew Perry contest is that we are so accustomed to hearing
the RST that we expect it. Many send 599 as 5NN. Some cut it even closer with
ENN. So, now you are expecting to hear "ENN report" or "ENN report" and you
are in the Stew Perry. You answer a CQ from someone in the midwest and he
sends, "K1EP EN99". So, you are first expecting ENN, but wait, the grid is EN.
Takes you a second to realize what is happening. Then there was someone who
was in a grid ending in 99, probably EN99, who sent ENNN for his grid. Just
send the grid, PLEASE, no cut numbers...
>73 es HNY,
>Julio VE3FH
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Coleman" <aa4lr@arrl.net>
>To: "Art Boyars" <art.boyars@verizon.net>
>Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
>Sent: Sun, Dec 31, 2006 09:46
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] cut numbers
>
>
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2006, at 9:38 AM, Art Boyars wrote:
>>
>> > (Side-sidebar: And if you know that -- as I suspect -- the log-
>> > checking software does not check the RST, then instead of telling
>> > me that, explain why we have to send RST.)
>>
>> The log-checking will not bust you for a bad RST.
>>
>> We have to send it because it is in the rules.
>>
>> --
>>
>> This reminds me of the times I'm watching television, and some
>> character on a show does something that seems ever so slightly
>> unbelievable, and my kids will ask me, "How (or Why) did they do
>> that?" I always answer, "because it is in the script!"
>>
>> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
>> Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
>> -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
>>
>
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