[CQ-Contest] Contest Cheating

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

What took the Mi QSO Party so long?

The Pa QSO Party dropped the RS(T) report many years ago... at least 20 - 25
if memory serves.

Which, I think, makes the exchange a touch more challenging, as you have to
pay attention.  You don't get that automatic "59" or "599" buffer.

And frankly, a long exchange gets to be a mouthful (or a key full).  "You're
59 Number 123 Greene" versus "Number 123 Greene" gets a bit weary-some...
and that's in a relatively short contest like a QSO Party, as opposed to a
full-blown 48 hour affair.

73

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:38 PM
To: Jimk8mr at aol.com; ku8e at bellsouth.net; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Contest Cheating



--- Jimk8mr at aol.com wrote:

>> Meanwhile, coming up in just under three weeks is
> the Michigan  QSO Party,
> where the sponsor (the Mad River Radio Club) has
> picked the wise  course of not
> requiring a meaningless signal report to be
> exchanged or  logged.  Just a qso
> number and QTH.

I am probably in a minority here, but I would much
prefer to give an RST than a serial number.  I deal
with serial number contests, but really don't prefer
them!

73s John AA5JG