Begin forwarded message:
> From: John Merrill <johnn1jm@gmail.com>
> Date: March 21, 2011 8:08:29 AM MST
> To: dezrat1242@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] RST in contests
>
> I agree and someone should blow the whistle to the contest chairman on those
> that don't do it for disqualification. :-)
>
>
> On Mar 21, 2011, at 7:45 AM, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
>
>> In yesterday's BARTG contest there seemed to be an unusually large
>> number of stations who did not send an RST in their exchange. Often
>> there will be one, maybe two, but yesterday there were six or seven.
>>
>> Since I was not making a serious, all-out effort in the contest I
>> decided to let it go and just log what they sent and assume 599. I'm
>> starting to think that was the wrong thing to do.
>>
>> Frankly, I would like to see the signal report eliminated from all RTTY
>> contests, but as long as it is in the rules, the rules should be obeyed.
>> As others have pointed out, RST does serve some purpose in CW and SSB
>> contests by way of setting the tone and rhythm for what follows, but in
>> RTTY that is not relevant.
>>
>> For the next contest I am going to create a macro that says
>> RST? RST? and send it when needed.
>>
>> What do you folks think?
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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