[RTTY] Re RSQ

[Scott Schultz]

Like most of you, it is pretty rare that I receive anything other than a 
59(9) for a casual contact regardless of mode. I use a 756Pro running 100 
watts (40-50 watts +/- for PSK/MFSK/Hellschreiber) into a Cushcraft R7 
vertical and I know my signal just can't be that good across the face of the 
globe.

I can only assume (a very dangerous thing to do!) that the other op does not 
know the elements of the R-S-T system or how to make an accurate report. 
This being the case, why should I believe that digital ops will be any more 
accurate or diligent in using this new reporting system when they aren't 
getting the old system correct?

Just like the R-S-T system, I would be willing to bet that if this lunacy 
ever catches on, I will start receiving R9 S9 Q9 for every contact 
regardless of how I actually sound.

Anyone willing to bet against me??

Scott N0IU

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Cooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
To: "RTTY" <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 11:41 AM
Subject: [RTTY] Re RSQ


> Hi all,
>
> OK, I had not seen the www.rsq-info.net  website, and had not heard of RSQ
> reporting before.
> (Thanks for the link Ian GM4KLN)
> I can see the merits of it for PSK - to a point, but since those first
> weeks/months of the Windows versions of software for PSK (around Sep 
> 1999),
> most folk don't seem to care what their tones are like, how overdriven 
> they
> are, or how to fix it if told!
> Every day, there are numerous lousy signals on PSK, mostly due to being
> overdriven, and most folk do not appreciate being told about it. I still
> fail to see why so many folk use hundreds of watts for PSK.
> Listening to 14070 this morning, I sat and watched loads of stations on 
> PSK,
> and NOT a single one sent RSQ!
>
> As for RTTY, I see no reason to change from RST at all.
> In contests, it specifies RST and an exchange, so maybe RST is what should
> be sent. And why bother to send RSQ and then 599? I send TU 599 001 and it
> is implicit that the 599 part refers to your signal. It is totally 
> pointless
> to send RSQ or even RST.
>
> If chasing DX, who cares! You only send 599 whatever they sound like, and 
> no
> matter how poor the copy is.
> Maybe for general work, where maybe you are concerned as to what your 
> signal
> is like, you may consider asking for a "true report", but I would guess 
> most
> of the time, even if told you had a lousy signal, many would not know how 
> to
> fix it.
>
> I just don't see the point if fixing something that ain't broke!
>
> 73 all
>
> Phil GU0SUP
>
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