[CQ-Contest] What's happened to DE ???

[Tom Osborne]

tgstewart at pepco.com wrote:

 > Why use DE?  If you can copy the code 100%, there should be no confusion
 > who is calling CQ!

Hi Ty

Don't think it is the CQ that is under fire.  It's the guy who
comes back to YOUR CQ without a de and the first letter is sent
before you even come back to receive. 73
Tom W7WHY


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>From Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com  Mon Feb 26 00:59:06 2001
From: Michael Tope" <W4EF at dellroy.com (Michael Tope)
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 16:59:06 -0800
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Giving true reports...
References: <4.3.2.7.1.20010225055743.00b756e0 at wvinbox.ntelos.net>
Message-ID: <059801c09f8f$51e55e60$6401a8c0 at neptune>


Yes, there seems to be a climate of political correctness permeating the
phone bands. Several months ago, I pointed out to a big gun on 75 meter
phone that he had buckshot on his signal. Immediately (before he had time
to listen to his sidebands), one of his buddies chimed in that his signal
sounded fine. Ironically, these are the same folks who would probably
scream bloody murder if someone was caught ragchewing in the DX
window, yet this guy didn't seem to have any qualms about making it
unusable for everyone else.

Personally, I would rather have that signal power in my fundamental
rather than wasting it in the 3rd, 5th, and 7th order IMD products. If
I sound like crap, I want someone to tell me, so I can fix it. I dunno
where some of these other folks are coming from.

Mike, W4EF...............................

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Horton" <k5iid at ntelos.net>
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Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 3:07 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Giving true reports...


 >
 >
 >
 > Tom, W8JI said  "As these radios age, giving honest reports so people know
 > when to
 > "tune-up" the radio will become more and more important."
 >    I fully agree, but unfortunately, if you give an accurate report, the
 > receiving ststion pays very
 > little attention to it and usually just goes right ahead calling CQ Contest.
 > It seems, also, that most operators today are too intimidated or afraid to
 > give an honest report.
 > I have heard stations requesting reports on the quality of their signal,
 > and the other station
 > will say "welllllllll, it sounds ok to me" when in fact it sounds terrible.
 > If I come along minutes later and
 > offer my opinion the requesting station won't believe what I tell him.
 >    If I sound bad, I want to know! Even if it is in the middle of a good
 > run....maybe better while in S&P
 > mode, but I still want to know.
 >    I used to be in the regs somewhere that we had to maintain "purity of
 > emmissions" or something
 > like that....
 >    Just my  $.02 worth.
 > 73, tom K5IID
 >
 >
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