[Elecraft] 4W6A Video, count the K3's !

[Tony Estep]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron D'Eau Claire
> ...But WHY give someone a "599" report when they have an S1 signal?....

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Ah yes. Actually, it isn't even 599, it's 5nn. If a DXpedition has 50,000
QSOs, you may be sure that every one receives 5nn. There is actually a
reason, of course: it speeds up the run rate. Whether or not that reason is
valid depends on your point of view. It seems absurd to have a QSO whose
entire contents consist of 3 characters that are known in advance, but it's
the way things have evolved. At least one DX mode, JT65, has a different
convention. The exchange is pre-canned, but the reports are valid, expressed
in dBM, and calculated by the software. Whatcha gonna do....?

73,
Tony KT0NY
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