[CQ-Contest] Dumbing-Down Contests?

[mike l dormann]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:11:30 -0600 "Robert Chudek - K0RC"
<k0rc at pclink.com> writes:
> Okay, you guys made me go dig out my old logbooks...
> 
> I think this was Field Day on June 26, 1965 I operated SSB and both 
> gave and 
> received "honest" reports.
> 
> At 1811z I received a 47 from WA2QKG in New York and I have never 
> been able 
> to get over that!
> 
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN-------------------------------------------------
this last ARRLDX on 160 i have particullarly good run (10 stations in an
hour), and i would have given out some "139s" if one was giving out
actual RSTs. 

at my house 449 is a LOUD signal
 
but 5NN is used as a confirmation at the other end, almost nobody sends C
or RR (some send TU), so 5NN does have a usefullness in my estimation
 
mike w7dra