[RTTY] SCC RTTY Championship - band change rule

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

   From: "Marijan Miletic, S56A" <artinian@siol.net>
   Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:43:08 -0000

   Valid QSO is defined as an exchange of callsigns and RST reports.  

   However, they were quite a few 5NN in SARTG :-)

   UE de Mario, S56A, N1YU

That's one definition, true.  However, a different, and possibly better
one, is exchange of callsign and an item of information.  Arguably,
599 isn't information, since it is just a place-filler (although
looking for 559's is interesting!!).  In the case of SARTG, the serial
number is real information, by any standard.  You could argue that
just exchanging callsigns is an exchange of information, and therefore
is enough for a QSO, also.  In fact, that works for me, but....
    
I believe I recall a few stations in SARTG just giving callsign and
serial number, but if the rules say explicitly RST is part of the
exchange, I'll send 599 (or something).

73, doug

     ----- Original Message ----- 
     From: Bill Turner 
     To: Robert Bajuk 
     Cc: rtty@contesting.com 
     Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 2:35 PM
     Subject: Re: [RTTY] SCC RTTY Championship - band change rule


     On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:57:15 +0200, Robert Bajuk wrote:

     >If I got my first ham license in 1987 I'll send 599 1987 
						      ^^^^^^^^
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     Changing the subject slightly, wouldn't it be a good idea to eliminate
     the RST from contests?  Not just SCC, but all of them.  Either that, or
     require a true RST report?

     A few contests already do this and it doesn't seem to hurt anything.
     I'm just puzzled why contest sponsors continue to require such a
     meaningless transmission.  I'd guess back in the early days of
     contesting, most folks did send actual reports but they gradually came
     to realize that 599 was easier at both ends.

     Not a big deal, of course, just one of those things I wonder about from
     time to time.

     Comments, anyone?

     73, Bill W7TI