[CQ-Contest] 579

[David Pruett]

Dave,

The ARRL 10M contest checks the RST.  I know, because I do the 
logchecking for this contest and wrote the logchecking software.

We are particularly interested in the "T", or more specifically its 
presence or absence.  Before you ask why we do this, its because dupes 
and mults count by mode in this contest, and we want to be sure QSOs are 
worked on the claimed mode.  You'd be surprised how sloppy some people 
are in keeping the mode accurate in their logging program while they're 
operating, particularly without computer-control of the radio.

If you make a QSO on CW, but the sent and received reports are R/S only 
(i.e., "59" instead of "599") was the report logged incorrectly or is 
the mode wrong?  For QSOs where we don't have the "other" log  
(typically about 50% of the QSOs in a 10M contest can be verified 
direct/y), there is no way to independently check the mode.

We have been checking the 10M contest this way for more than a decade.

73, Dave/K8CC



On 3/24/2013 2:47 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> 1.  Log checking does not include the signal report for any major 
> contest I'm aware of.  It isn't even checked for DXCC.
>
> 2.  There is no such thing as a "real" signal report when nobody knows 
> what kind of antenna you are using, how high it is, what your 
> surrounding terrain is like, or even whether you have your antenna 
> pointed in their direction (such as when you're running a pileup). The 
> best your signal report does is tell the other guy how well you are 
> hearing him, not how strong his signal is into Thailand ... they 
> aren't really the same thing.  That being said, out of contests I also 
> try my best to give an accurate assessment of how well I'm copying 
> somebody.
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 3/23/2013 8:38 PM, Charles Harpole wrote:
>> For those who enjoy giving accurate signal reports, try giving accurate
>> signal reports during contests.
>>
>> UR RST 579 OM.
>>
>> I wonder is the signal report line is even a part of the contest 
>> checking,
>> similar to the Zones not checked of times past.
>>
>> Out of contests, I try to give real signal reports on the assumption 
>> that
>> my callers will appreciate knowing how they are REALLY getting into
>> Thailand.  73,
>>
>
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