[UK-CONTEST] Redundant contest reports? (SSB CC (and other 80mcontests))

[G3RIR]

Why don't we have a campaign to have "accurate" reports rather than drop the
erroneous 599 reports? VHF contesters generally try to give reports which
show the received signal strength. HF ops can surely do the same.

On the newly introduced RSGB sprints, initially, there were a fair number of
stations giving their name as "ed" which in nearly all cases was not
correct. It seems that peer pressure stopped this practice before it took
hold. Does 5NN fit into the same category?

However it has to be said that hearing the 5NN does serve as a lead in or
synchronisation of the brain to the required exchange in much the same way
as the old ryryry on RTTY did for the machinery. I found it difficult, at
first, to cope without the 5NN but a look at the sprints results shows how I
coped in the end so it is possible for a G3!

Neil, G3RIR