[CQ-Contest] Signal Report

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/11/2008 9:11:25 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
kr2q at optimum.net writes:

In theory, the same is true for CQWW, except you don't have to send  anything 
since:
A.  everybody is 599
B.  you already know what  zone everybody is in (99.9% of the time)
C.  if B isn't correct, then  AD1C will take care of that  :-)


 
Except it you don't send anything, somebody will get their shorts all  
knotted up accusing you of cheating, not following the contest rules,  etc.  These 
folks not that long ago intimidated a very good  score (in WPX CW) into 
withdrawing that score for not sending a  meaningless 5NN with every qso.
 
Perhaps sponsors could use the "R" part of the "RST" to determine busted  qso 
penalties. If someone is readability "5" (Perfectly Readable) and the  
operator busts a qso, clearly the problem is with the operator.  If the  guy was 
readability "2", clearly it was a difficult qso and the operator ought  not be so 
severely punished for attempting to complete a qso under difficult  
circumstances. So penalize a busted qso by removing a number of qsos  equal to the "R" 
sent in the RST.
 
 
73  -  Jim   K8MR
 
Who has been known to occasionally send a signal report other than  "5N(N)" 
 
 
 







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