[CQ-Contest] RST?

Lee Hiers lee.hiers at gmail.com
Thu Nov 16 22:54:23 EST 2023


I heard a station not too long ago with a particularly nasty sounding
signal.  Probably on SS.  I gave them something like a 596 report, even
when no RST was required.

73!

Lee, AA4GA

On Thu, Nov 16, 2023, 7:54 PM <w1rm at comcast.net> wrote:

> 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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> W1RM at Comcast.net
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