[Elecraft] Elecraft CW Net cancellation

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

All of the loggers support real reports, the contest organizers have left
it in the exchange to possibly be used.  Why doesn't it get used?

The participants voted  99.999% against it by refusal to use anything other
than 5NN    Just about almost everyone just WANTS it that way.

The most popular contest in the world?  The CQWWDX, where the only real
exchange is the call sign.  The huge majority of zones are known when the
call sign is correct.  The only other thing sent is ENN for 599.  You can
get run rates up into the 200's in the CQWW.

It's not that contesters don't want to send you a real signal report.  They
don't want to send you any signal report AT ALL.   For some folks a real
signal report would be SO d**ned discouraging.  Really mess with your head.
 Gotta believe, so you'll get on and stay on, that your signal is good
enough that ANYONE with a decent RX can copy you, even on 160 where most TX
antenna systems are cr*p because the counterpoise or radial systems are so
really very bad.

Worry about the radial system efficiency some other time besides the
contest.  BELIEVE anyone can hear you and get on and give the guys with the
RX a CHANCE at digging your 239 signal out of the muck.  5NN NC, and give
the next guy a chance to dig out your 239 signal, and the next.  THEY ARE
HAPPY that they can put your 239 (aka 5NN) signal in the log because maybe
they dig out your call in spite of your signal and the next guy doesn't.
 That's putting daylight between his score and the next guy's.

BTW, the last contest non-5NN signal report I gave someone, was someone in
CW test who sounded like their DC power supply had gone AC on them, and had
a ferocious buzz up and down.  Feller before me told him in English, which
he maybe did not understand since he was a PY.  I sent him RST 561.  Had to
repeat it four times before he QSL'd the report.   561 NC     561 NC.
 561 NC??     QSL 561 NC QSL QSL     RR TU
Buzz Biz Buzz Biz  Buzz Buzz Biz Buzz...

73, Guy.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:14 AM, David Pratt <david at g4dmp.fsnet.co.uk>wrote:

> In a recent message, David Gilbert <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> writes
> >I'd offer the opinion that crisp operating
> >practices learned in contesting beat casual roundtable chats with
> >friends hands down.
>
> "Crisp" they may be, but at least with roundtable chats you do get
> genuine reports.  This 5NN stuff really does put me off contests :-(
>
> 73
> --
> David G4DMP
> Leeds, England, UK
>
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