Topband: Stew Beef

[Barry N1EU]

You don't USE signal reports in Stew Perry, just grid squares.

The only place anybody might use real signal reports in contests these days
is QRP contests.

73, Barry N1EU



On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 12:20 PM, <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:

>
> I agree. This is my biggest gripe about contests, meaningless signal
> reports.
>
> You hear SIG 599 PSE RPT. Any data sent which does not convey information
> is noise.
>
> This turns off hams, and more importantly, prospective hams.
>
> Hopefully we are using real signal reports during the Stew Perry contest.
> Stew would have wanted it that way.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
> To: topband at contesting.com
> Sent: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 14:12:31 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: Topband: Stew Beef
>
> 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
>
>
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