[Elecraft] [K3] Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3

[Iain MacDonnell - N6ML]

David Pratt wrote:
> So why bother with sending reports in contests if they are meaningless, 
> Dave?

It serves as a marker in the exchange - when you hear that "..... -. -."
or "fi-ni", you know that what's coming next is the stuff you need to
copy and log.

Also, isn't an exchange of signal reports traditionally considered a
qualifier of a valid contact? Why do DXpeditions do it? Everyone's 59[9]
then too...


> I remember as a new young licensee in the 1950s we used to work 
> in contests to get reports to see how well we were getting out. One of 
> the contest rules of the day was that any station consistently getting 
> tone reports less that 9 could be disqualified.  Those were the good old 
> days.  Since then the world has gone mad.

I'm too young to remember the sane world :)

     ~Iain / N6ML