[Elecraft] EQP - RST reports

Mon Mar 15 12:17:01 2004

Well, I don't know.  I agree that RST ought be removed from all 
contests where it has evolved that one merely sends 5nn regardless of 
the signal.  And I guess that includes almost all contests.  However, I 
was very pleased to see in EQP that people were sending meaningful 
RSTs, and that, I found, was useful.  If you've just given a person a 
439 or a 329, he understands why you may latter ask him to repeat part 
of his exchange.  I find it rather amusing in some contests to be given 
a 599 and then asked to repeat my number or state or whatever two or 
three times.  A meaningful RST helps the operator know what is being 
faced by the other chap during the qso.  That helps in general.

best wishes,

dave belsley, w1euy

On Mar 15, 2004, at 12:03 PM, John wrote:

> My two cents worth.....
>
> RST, or RS, at any given moment can be affected by several things;
> conditions, type of receiving & transmitting antenna, how directive 
> are the
> antennas, power out, and on and on. The only case where RS would 
> provide
> useful information would be where a qso with the same person, day after
> day, could be trended, or, if switching between antennas i.e.. antenna 
> A/B
> tests (best done before a contest), change in power out.
>
> In the case of EQP, if your signal is good enough to exchange 
> name/radio
> type/radio serial number, that should be enough let you know that you 
> are
> getting out pretty dang good. After all, isn't that the name of the 
> game,
> "communications"? If I gave a station an honest report in a contest, 
> in the
> next few minutes it could change drastically, rendering the previous 
> report
> meaningless.
>
> I for one would like to see RST removed from all contest exchanges. In 
> the
> case of EQP, add S/P/C in lieu of RST
>
> John
> k7up
> K2's 2012/2223   K1 637
>
>
>
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