Hey Hans,
Nice writeup in NCJ.
I barely do any RTTY so I don’t know who the culprits you’re referring to were
however I suspect most offenders
who’ve left out the RST have just programmed their F-key messages incorrectly.
If you’re willing to help, please email them directly and let them know
privately that what they are doing is not in accordance to the rules.
If these are indeed “Top 10” guys, I call “shame on them” and they should
really know better.(and maybe they do-keep reading)
It’s mathematical. (I bet they aren’t nefarious)_but if they are “Top 10”
guys, then they’ve likely done the math already and figured out that for, let’s
say, 2000 QSO’s, they can shave maybe 2.5 seconds off each QSO.
My abacus tells me 2000 Q’s x 2.5 seconds equals 5000 seconds saved during an
entire contests’ duration.
That 5000 seconds (1.38 hours? – is that right) can be time used making other
QSO’s whereby their competition
is still sending their proper 599’s.
Look at 3830scores.com (or official results from WAE RTTY the last few years)
and tell us if these are actual winners (in which case it makes a big
difference) or whether (more likely) these were casual participants maybe not
knowing any better.
Let’s hope it’s the latter.
Mike VE9AA
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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).
/signature/
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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