[Elecraft] The Old RST
Ken
wa8jxm at gmail.com
Mon Feb 20 08:52:05 EST 2012
Interesting his, thanks for sharing. My comments are below:
On Feb 19, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
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> I have always preferred what the commercial CW operators used, the QSA
> report. QSA1 for audible but unreadable to QSA5 for perfect copy. The QSA
> report considered both the strength and the 'copyability' of the signal. A
> huge signal but a lousy "fist" might merit a QSA2.
Well there is always QLF ;-)
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> It's been nearly a century since the T report had any meaning, yet we Hams
> still use it.
I have recently heard some T7 or T8 signals on the air as well as a 579C. Yes, it's rare, thankfully, but no reason to give up the ability to report.
73, Ken
WA8JXM
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