During the WAE RTTY test this past weekend I came across a small handful of
stations which did not include a signal report (RST) in the report. Two of the
stations were well known USA "competitors" who were on the air all weekend long.
Below is an exchange of emails with the contest manager who seems not concerned
about my inquiry. His attitude seems to be "it happens all the time so we let
it slide".
73, de Hans, K0HB
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Hi Hans,
thanks for participating in this years WAE-RTTY and your activity. Yes, you are
right. 599 (or 59 in SSB) is a pure formality. And (especially in CW) we see
strange abbrevations for the reports which do not fit with the rules of most
contests. But with the time, contest managers from all over the world accept
this on their contests. And for the WAE-RTTY we do so as well. But you are
right, may be it is time, to align the contest rules for the RTTY- and
CW-contests.
Thanks for your input and your comments. And hope to meet you in one the next
events (may be CQWW-CW).
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Am 2023-11-13 04:53, schrieb Hans Brakob:
During the WAE RTTY contest this weekend, I noticed several times that two
stations were sending a "shortcut" exchange.
Stations #### and #### were sending only a serial number with no signal report
(RST). I'd noticed it early in the test, and occasionally came across them
throughout the test still not sending a signal report. To confirm that I wasn't
"hearing things", I worked both stations in the last hour of the contest, and I
confirmed that each of them, at that late point, did not include a signal
report in their exchange sent to me.
I realize that the "599" is a pure formality, but I checked the rules and found
that it is a requirement so I felt obligated to bring it to your attention.
73, de Hans, K0HB
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