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

[K8MR via CQ-Contest]

Once again, the problem is not generally that one cannot read the bad signal, especially on CW. The problem is that you can read them somewhere (like a Khz away) that you should not be able to read them.


Also a signal report is rarely copied or paid attention to. On occasion I've sent 4NN signal reports, and maybe one in five folks even break tempo as one would expect if they had really copied what I had sent.


Hence, the need for something that will get their attention and not merely turn into another QSO in their log.


And this Q-signal issue is primarily for CW. It's pretty easy to tell a guy on phone that his processing is too high, he has hum, is breaking up, can be heard 5 KHz up the band,  etc.




73  -  Jim  K8MR







-----Original Message-----
From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
To: CQ Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Wed, May 13, 2015 2:33 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] [Bulk] Re: Q-Signals for Contesting


Actually, I would think that the "Readability" number would go less than 5
if
you couldn't "read" them. Maybe a "39" or a "29" for a signal report.

73,
Zack W9SZ


On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 9:43 AM, RT Clay <rt_clay at bellsouth.net>
wrote:

> >On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 8:37 AM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
> 
>
> >
> >Vlad how about a signal SSB so processed it's barely
understandable?
> Obviously you give them more than "5" on the "readability"
rating to
> indicate they "turned the processing knob to 11"
> 59 = perfect
audio69 = slight over-processing, some syllables lost
> 99 = loud but
unintelligible
>
> TorN4OGW
>
>
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