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My ARRL 160 meter CW Contest log soapbox comment regarding the manditory and meaningless RST report

Discussion in 'Contests, DXpeditions, QSO Parties' started by W9JEF/SK2025, Dec 10, 2021.

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  1. W9JEF/SK2025

    W9JEF/SK2025 QRZ Lifetime Member #571 Platinum Subscriber Life Member QRZ Page

    Why not make the obligatory signal report optional? To eliminate the chance of error, and make logging easier, everyone gives a totally meaningless "5NN" (599).

    If the contest log did not require it; besides reducing the logging workload, we would be free to give accurate, more useful true signal reports.

    73,
    Jim
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    W9JEF/SK2025, Dec 10, 2021
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  2. K8BZ

    K8BZ Ham Member QRZ Page

    I'm with you 100% on this one. Well, maybe 99%. I wouldn't even make it optional. But I would replace it with something else requiring the recipient to copy something such as grid square, 2 digit year first licensed. Or maybe even any random number from 1 to 99, and require that you couldn't use the same number 2 consecutive years in a row to prevent dependency on contest log files to prefill the field for you.
     
    K8BZ, Dec 10, 2021
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