The RST system is completely subjective, so someone is 599 if I believe they
are perfectly readible and have extremely strong signals. There is no set
standard that signals are compared to, so I like to use the signal coming
back from Pioneer 10 as the standard. Compared to that, everyone has
extremely strong signals and is perfectly readible.
73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net>
To: "Dan Hearn" <dhearn@air-pipe.com>
Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com>; "Bob Maser" <bmaser@tampabay.rr.com>;
<aa5jg@lcisp.com>; "Bill Axelrod" <bill@axelrods.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Delta Loop comparedtoDipole
(actualexperience)(Richards)
> Interesting practice... why would you intentionally misstate the report?
> I know everyone wants a 599, but why lie about it, as it is a valid
contact
> in any case? Is it just a matter of long distance courtesy?
>
> (Not an argument, and not being critical of you, but a serious question
> about good operating practice - and I guess it is a common occurrence,
> but I am trying to understand the why of it all.)
>
> /////////////////////// Richards - K8JHR ///////////////////////
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>
>
> Dan Hearn wrote:
>
> It is pretty common to give a S9 signal report to
> > rare DX even if they are very weak. (My cards to them gave 599 reports
and I
> > got the same, Hi)
>
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