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

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Ah, yes, the days of the surplus tank radios! 



Doug 

W6JD 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Iain MacDonnell - N6ML" <ar at dseven.org> 
To: "David Pratt" <david at g4dmp.fsnet.co.uk> 
Cc: "Elecraft Reflector" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:11:40 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific 
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3]  Sending sequential serial numbers with the K3 



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 

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