On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Roger Cooke wrote:
> The poor propagation in the BARTG Sprint contest presented some
> difficulties with exchanges. I realise that the ubiquitous use of 599 is
> now more or less accepted, but I was quite pleased in one way to receive
BARTG Sprint rules say "serial number only". That's all I sent (along
with callsigns as appropriate, of course).
I agree - drop the RST. Better, add something else. We already have
tests that want Maidenhead grids or UTC so what else could we send?
> guys, give me a break! How long does it take to say TU?
I look for some kind of ACK too else how do I know you received my NR NR
without hanging around to see if the next guy gets the next higher NR?
--
73,
Peter Laws
N5UWY/9
ARRL VE
WAC (phone)
WAS #51466 (SSB)
WAS/90
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