[RTTY] RST in contests

[Bob Schafer]

Bill...

I agree with you...

But, you know the saying about teaching old dogs?

Bob/ka4pkb

On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Bill, W6WRT <dezrat1242 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> In yesterday's BARTG contest there seemed to be an unusually large
> number of stations who did not send an RST in their exchange. Often
> there will be one, maybe two, but yesterday there were six or seven.
>
> Since I was not making a serious, all-out effort in the contest I
> decided to let it go and just log what they sent and assume 599. I'm
> starting to think that was the wrong thing to do.
>
> Frankly, I would like to see the signal report eliminated from all RTTY
> contests, but as long as it is in the rules, the rules should be obeyed.
> As others have pointed out, RST does serve some purpose in CW and SSB
> contests by way of setting the tone and rhythm for what follows, but in
> RTTY that is not relevant.
>
> For the next contest I am going to create a macro that says
> RST? RST? and send it when needed.
>
> What do you folks think?
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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