[Elecraft] 4W6A Video, count the K3's ! and the 599/59 reports

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

I agree. My question was "why bother with a report at all?" Wayne suggested
it bought time for the operator to log the contact. Might be true. 

On reflection, Ham QSO's have included the name/report/QTH format for so
many years (certainly back into the 1920's) that I suppose it makes sense to
keep the convention to avoid questions that extend the QSO unnecessarily,
even if the report is meaningless. 

73,

Ron AC7AC

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I think the rationale behind the 599/59 report is in the interest of saving
time and maximizing contacts.  Can you imagine the amount of additional time
that would be required to enter each signal report received in the log;
none the less the number of guys that would request a repeat of the report.
The 599/59 report streamlines the contact, allowing many more contacts per
minute.

That said, I will agree with you for casual contacts,  an honest report
makes a lot more sense and will give you (and the other station) about both
how you each stack up and band conditions.

Dick  K8ZTT