Sweepstakes is a good example of no RS / RST. I also like a little warning
rather then unkeying and being immediately blasted with a serial number. I
sometimes did have to ask for a repeat because I was not ready for the
number. ON CW numbers sometimes also throw me off since I am expecting
numbers and not letters. In Sweepstakes CW I sent NR before sending the
serial number. I see no reason to send the person's callsign in the report
macro when answering a CQ since they probably already know their call. On
phone SS I also like to hear something before receiving the number. One
short phrase was pretty common but I don't want to get into that discussion.
73
John KK9A (W4AAA in 2023 SS)
Vlad VE3TM wrote:
No need for such experiments. There are two SS contests with no RS/RST
required. I for one have difficulties with this kind of exchange because I
simply don't know when it actually starts. Will the other station send my
call-sign, first? Or will it start with R, or TU, or the serial number will
come up at once? And every QSO is different in this respect.
A "sync" message helps a lot. Instead of RST just consider it slightly
differently: RSG,
for
Ready, Steady, Go! As a matter of fact it really is like this and it helps.
73,
Vlad VE3TM
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