[CQ-Contest] RST?

[Mike Ritz]

RST still has value as a “notifier” in that what follows is what really matters, the exchange. With CW, your brain gets into the rhythm of 5NN, and makes it easier to decide what follows. It’s even better in RTTY, as if your decoder gets the 599 correct, chances are the exchange may be OK too.

73;
Mike
W7VO 

Sent from my iPhone, utilizing  a very tiny keyboard fed from very fat fingers

> On Nov 16, 2023, at 5:40 PM, JIM STAHL via CQ-Contest <cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:
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> As I suggested a while back, “5NN” is now a cut number for “Please Copy “
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> 73  -  Jim  K8MR
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> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Nov 16, 2023, at 7:57 PM, w1rm at comcast.net wrote:
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>> I've been a ham since 1956 and worked more than my share of contests.  For
>> as long as forever, RST was an integral part of the qso and exchange.  In
>> days gone by, RST had value, especially the R and T values.  If you had a
>> crappy signal, T was a way to alert the op of that.
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>> But, fast forward to today, when was the last time you got anything but 599?
>> If you got 227 how would you react?
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>> Signal reports are available through RBN for strength, to see if a band is
>> open, etc., but if you are single op, unassisted, I'm not sure you can even
>> use that.
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>> So, does RST still have value?  Is it time to retire it?
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>> 
>> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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