[CQ-Contest] FOC QP

[Hans Brakob]

It certainly doesn’t need to be measured by a laboratory-grade instrument.  But it should have some passing resemblance to the real world.

I’m in the camp which feels that a Radio-sport contest ought to measure/reward Radioman copying skills as one of the elements of scoring.

Rule III of CQWW (as an example contest) requires you to send RS/RST as one of the two pieces of the exchange.

It saddens me that this (RS/RST) part of the exchange has become an automatic 59 (or 599 in Morse) and thus diminished the skill needed to compete in CQWW.

I’ve considered sending “real” RST’s in some upcoming test, to determine if the contest sponsor pays attention to the copying skills of their players, or just accepts the robot 599 entry.

73, de Hans, K0HB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™






From: Keith Dutson<mailto:kdutson at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2022 01:10
To: CQ-Contest<mailto:cq-contest at contesting.com>; Peter Voelpel<mailto:dj7ww at t-online.de>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] FOC QP

Is accuracy really necessary for a signal report.
73, Keith NM5G
    On Saturday, March 26, 2022, 04:14:48 PM CDT, Peter Voelpel <dj7ww at t-online.de> wrote:

 Must be very difficult to find a transceiver with a real S-meter.
I never had one, they all showed numbers far from the truth.

73
Peter, DJ7WW

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Hans Brakob
Sent: Samstag, 26. März 2022 16:55
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Subject: [CQ-Contest] FOC QP

Made a couple dozen contacts in the FOC QSO party last night (I’m not a
member.)

Two things that I noticed.

They’re a friendly crowd.  They give real signal reports, like 579 and 549.

73, de Hans, KØHB
“Just a Boy and his Radio”™
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