Topband: Stew Beef

[Doug Renwick]

What I often do during a phone contest exchange is omit the signal report
and only give out the section, serial number, etc.  Very few operators
request the signal report and when they do I reply 'my report to you is
already in your logging program, there is no use in repeating it.'  I could
say a lot more but it would be deemed 'not politically correct.'  Have we
hit bottom yet?
Doug  

I wasn't born in Saskatchewan, but I got here as soon as I could.

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I completely agree with Don on this.  the incessant and utterly
meaningless "599" or "59" because it is programmed in and the operator
too lazy to think about a real signal report makes the minimal value
of contests sink to zero.

They have become nothing more than a vehicle to keep the ham radio
economy running and the "play" part, after consumer hams have done the
plugging.

73

Rob
K5UJ


<<<But that brings up a problem with most contesters these days, the fact
that
your RST is likely to be "599" regardless, even when the other op can just
barely dig you out of the noise.  Same with contests on other bands, both
phone
and CW.  That nonsensical practice has eliminated what was erstwhile perhaps
the most useful function of contesting, and IMHO, diminishes the worthiness
of
contests altogether.  Back when the signal report was a real part of the
exchange and contesters tended to exchange honest reports, a major contest
could be an opportunity to determine how well your station got out, and into
what localities you put the best and worst signal strength, providing some
insight to improvements you might wish make to your transmitter and antenna
system. >>>
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