This refers back to a thread concerning RST reports
much earlier this month. I have fallen behind in my
reading.
Negative comments were made about stations giving 599
reports after having asked for repeats. It can be a
perfectly logical thing to do in some cases.
Sometimes this happens here in a pileup because the
desired station is QRMed initially by another S9
station that is zero beat, or nearly so, with the
station I am attempting to work. Once the strong
undesired station shuts up so I can copy, there is no
reason for me not to give the desired station a 599,
even though there was difficulty copying him at first.
Then there are those who always give 599! Why bother?
I do it too in contests because I know it is a logging
nuisance for most others if I don't, but I feel stupid
doing so when I can barely copy a station. I wish we
could drop the meaningless RST exchanges from all
contests.
I am still checking out 160M every weekend, but I have
had no luck recently. Any time I have found the noise
down a bit and felt encouraged, I have found the
propagation to be poor.
73,
Charles - S9SS
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