[UK-CONTEST] RSGB Contest Committee

[Andy Cook G4PIQ]

Yes - I think exchange of real RST would be an improvement in terms of managing the relationship with non-contesters and also casual contesters, and I'm pleased that real reports are still the norm at VHF and above. However, I probably haven't sent a 'real' report in an HF contest for 20 years. I'm not sure that's a good thing, but I won't be changing my behavior  anytime soon for the obvious competitive reasons and because the behaviour is just too embedded now at HF. I was looking back at some paper logs on the Internet of CQWW from the early 70s and the 5NN default wasn't in place then, but neither were we anywhere close to the 10000+ QSO single op in a weekend record of N5TJ.

73

Andy, G4PIQ
On 8 Aug 2010, at 13:46, "Paul O'Kane" <pokane at ei5di.com> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andy Cook G4PIQ" <g4piq at btinternet.com>
> 
>> RST adds structure and makes us look a little less
>> ridiculous to non-contesters.
> 
> 
> I'd suggest that it's precisely the meaningless
> exchange of 59(9) in IOTA and other major HF
> contests that makes us look ridiculous to non-
> contesters and to many VHF+ contesters?
> 
> Does anyone disagree?
> 
> As for structure, we all know that when we call
> another station and hear our callsign, we expect
> to have to log whatever comes after the callsign.
> None of us needs extra time to get ready - we are
> contesters, and the Sprints have already shown
> that "what you don't expect, you don't miss".
> 
> At the risk of stating the obvious, the only way
> to shorten the IOTA exchange is to remove one or
> more of the exchange elements.
> 
> The IOTA Reference has to stay because it affects
> points and multipliers.  The leaves 5NN or Serial
> to be dropped - and why drop an element that has
> to be copied on-air, and can't be pre-filled by
> logging software?
> 
> Here's what the structure of an IOTA QSO would
> look like.
> 
> Me:    EI5DI TEST
> You:   G2XYZ
> Me:    G2XYZ 091 EU115  (you log 091 EU115)
> You:   026 EU5          (I log 026 EU5)
> Me:    TU EI5DI
> 
> A change too far?  Hardly!
> 
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
> 
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