[CQ-Contest] Q-Signals for Contesting

Ole S. Andersen oz1fao at osa.dk
Mon May 11 11:33:51 EDT 2015


Re: [CQ-Contest] Q-Signals for Contesting


  
  On Sunday, May 10, 2015, K8MR via CQ-Contest
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
wrote:

>
> Now that bad signal quality is a potential disqualifying event in
certain
> contests, is there a simple way to alert somebody, especially on
CW, that
> his  signal has a quality issue?
>
> I can't find a Q signal for such in the ARRL list of Q-signals. I
recall
> having seen somewhere a Q-signal for "Your keying is defective",
which
> sounds more like a "You need to check your keyer weight setting"
than
> "You've
> got spurs", but I can't find a reference to that one.
>
>
> QSD =  Your keying is defective, your signals are bad.

> This would work in principle, if we all knew our Q codes. ;)

> 73 jeff wk6i

QRI ? = How is the tone of my transmission? 
QRI    The tone of your transmission is...
       1. good.
       2. variable.
       3. bad.

73 Ole - oz4o








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