I heard a station not too long ago with a particularly nasty sounding
signal. Probably on SS. I gave them something like a 596 report, even
when no RST was required.
73!
Lee, AA4GA
On Thu, Nov 16, 2023, 7:54 PM <w1rm@comcast.net> wrote:
> I've been a ham since 1956 and worked more than my share of contests. For
> as long as forever, RST was an integral part of the qso and exchange. In
> days gone by, RST had value, especially the R and T values. If you had a
> crappy signal, T was a way to alert the op of that.
>
>
>
> But, fast forward to today, when was the last time you got anything but
> 599?
> If you got 227 how would you react?
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> Signal reports are available through RBN for strength, to see if a band is
> open, etc., but if you are single op, unassisted, I'm not sure you can even
> use that.
>
>
>
> So, does RST still have value? Is it time to retire it?
>
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>
> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
>
> W1RM@Comcast.net
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