[UK-CONTEST] 59 reports on VHF

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Except that it does prove you could hear them and that you didn't guess the callsign and that you didn't listen to the previous serial number to guess that. It just makes the exchange a bit longer.
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73 de M0XDF

On 4 May 2010, at 12:46, Alex GM3ZBE wrote:

> Being serious, I would rather real reports were given in all contests.  
> It adds a bit more skill to getting the exchange right.  However, the 
> standard 59(9) is now so entrenched in HF contests that it is to all 
> intents and purposes obsolete, in that nothing is conveyed.  So we might 
> as well not bother with it?