[CQ-Contest] RST?

[Duncan Fisken]

That’s what I tell my CW Academy students when I introduce them to contesting; 5NN means ‘pay attention because what come next is important”.

73
Duncan G3WZD / M3F

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> On 17 Nov 2023, at 01:40, 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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