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

[David Gilbert]

I stand corrected ... I also can find no DXCC requirement that a signal 
report be sent/ received, or logged.

Dave   AB7E



On 10/3/2011 11:52 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
> Simple ... because DXCC and most contest sponsors specifically require
> that a signal report be sent and logged by both parties.  Neither cares
> whether it was accurate, though, and most of the time it is never
> checked.  When was the last time a DXCC card checker asked to see your log?
>
> Dave   AB7E
>
>
>
> On 10/3/2011 8:19 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>> Of course I thought it through Dave. In the video you'll hear the DX
>> operation say, "I gave him an 599 but he was an S1".
>>
>> My point was "why bother with a signal report at all if the station doesn't
>> ask for it".
>>
>> Ron AC7AC
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Have you guys actually thought this through??
>>
>> In most cases, the DX is trying to work as many people as possible as
>> fast as they can.  Giving you an "accurate" signal report requires them
>> to decide how strong you are (takes a small amount of time) as well as
>> manually type into the logger a different number than the default (takes
>> a lot of time, relatively speaking, to tab and type).  Everyone else in
>> the pileup is going to be glad you didn't get your "accurate" report.
>>
>> As for that "accurate" report, in most cases you aren't going to have a
>> clue what kind of antenna the DX is using or even what direction it may
>> be pointing at the moment, so signal strength is utterly meaningless.
>> The DX isn't "lying" about anything.  You are simply deluding yourself
>> if you think their report means anything other than that you were
>> strong/readable enough to get through the pileup, which you should have
>> recognized by that point anyway.  If you want a number different than
>> 599, make up your own and log it ... it will easily have every bit as as
>> much relevance under those conditions.
>>
>> Dave   AB7E
>>
>>
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