[RTTY] BARTG Sprint

[Tim Shoppa]

Have you ever operated field day? I swear those guys think that “PLEASE COPY” is a FCC or ARRL required part of the exchange. I’ve seen this in CW and RTTY too, not just phone!

Tim N3QE

> On Jan 29, 2018, at 10:55 AM, Al Hanzl <alhanzl at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> I agree that the 5NN in CW helps me with receiving the exchange that follows. 
> 
> I realize that many contests do not require the signal report, but fundamentally, isn't an exchange of signal reports required for a valid Amateur Radio contact?
> There must be something in the FCC rules or ARRL guidelines regarding this basic exchange. 
> Al
> K2AL 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jan 29, 2018, at 10:16 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> At one point when mode reporting on cards was not so reliable, the DXCC
>> card checkers had some rules of thumb, like 59 indicated a phone contact
>> and 599 indicated a CW contact.
>> 
>> I think we've moved way beyond that era, the few awards I knew of that that
>> required QSL cards with honest RST's on them a few years ago, they no
>> longer require RST's.
>> 
>> Some of the better modern RTTY decoders can use the otherwise meaningless
>> but very common "599" sequence as a way of "locking" on to a RTTY signal in
>> the noise.
>> 
>> I know for sure on CW that I've heard 5NN enough that it helps my brain
>> synchronize and get ready for the real exchange that follows.
>> 
>> Tim N3QE
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