[CQ-Contest] Newbie CW logging questions

[K0HB]

>
> 5NN is routinely written 599.  A very few zealots might give a contest
> signal report other than 5NN, and I usually am able to log what's sent.
>

Zealots?

>
> If I happen to slip and log 599 in those cases I don't fret long over it.
>

I think a contest is intended as a test of radio skills including accurate 
copying.  If you don't log what is sent, that seems something to "fret long 
over".

73, de Hans, K0HB/W7