[RTTY] 559 in CQ WW RTTY

Vilnis YL2KF yl2kf at arrl.net
Wed Oct 1 14:44:56 EDT 2008


Hi Joe,

Yes, one K0xx ,  not K0BX ;-)  , station give 559 - think we copy 
correct, to show up that we are not so loud,
 and someone UA9xx give 588  maybe try to tell that we are loud but bad 
quality signal.

73

Vilnis , op YL4U

k0bx at arrl.net wrote:
> As you know most contest software will put the report in the log as 599 unless  you change it.  The is what Writelog does.
>
> During the contest last weekend, I had a few guys give me signal reports other than 599.  One was 559 and the other was 579.  I wonder if anyone else got reports like this?
>
> I guess it was poor signal.  But in the heat of battle, I never changed the report to reflect what was really sent.  I wonder if I will be 'ding' for those contacts?  Yes, I know, we must log what is sent.  Just wondering if anyone else got signal reports other than 599 (or 5nn hi hi).
>
> Joe K0BX
>
>
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