That’s what I tell my CW Academy students when I introduce them to contesting;
5NN means ‘pay attention because what come next is important”.
73
Duncan G3WZD / M3F
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> On 17 Nov 2023, at 01:40, JIM STAHL via CQ-Contest
> <cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
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>
> As I suggested a while back, “5NN” is now a cut number for “Please Copy “
>
> 73 - Jim K8MR
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>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Nov 16, 2023, at 7:57 PM, w1rm@comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> I've been a ham since 1956 and worked more than my share of contests. For
>> as long as forever, RST was an integral part of the qso and exchange. In
>> days gone by, RST had value, especially the R and T values. If you had a
>> crappy signal, T was a way to alert the op of that.
>>
>>
>>
>> But, fast forward to today, when was the last time you got anything but 599?
>> If you got 227 how would you react?
>>
>>
>>
>> Signal reports are available through RBN for strength, to see if a band is
>> open, etc., but if you are single op, unassisted, I'm not sure you can even
>> use that.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, does RST still have value? Is it time to retire it?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Pete Chamalian, W1RM
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>>
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