I have contest logs from the '60s where RST was sent as a variable, a
real world guesstimate about the strength of the station you were
working. This was 'pre computer' days.
Later, with the introduction of CT, NA, TR, etc RSTs became pretty much
set in stone as 599, even when you needed 4 repeats to get the QSO logged.
Enter cut numbers... 599 then became 5NN and more recently ENN.
Now with the latest revelation that RSTs are not cross-checked, there's
opportunity to improve the exchange efficiency even further. I just
reprogrammed my macros with EEE4.
If I'm reading the threads right, Zone doesn't really matter either so
it looks like EEEE(tm) is the next logical step.
Dang, I have to wait almost a full year to test this out... or maybe not!
73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
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