Phoney 59/599/5NN/ENN signal reports bore the hell out of me
too. The exchange I like is grid squares: they are somewhat
predictable (like ARRL sections in SS) and there are always
(at least on HF) more new ones out there. They may be a bit
unfamiliar to the casual op (and stuck in the mud CQWW specialists),
but so be it.
Grid squares give a great new opportunity for mixing cut numbers
and letters in the same exchange. And if you keep (phoney)
signal reports, maybe TK5NN could do an expedition to Lake
Nipigon, Ontario, where he could send:
W1XYZ DE VE3/TK5NN ENN EN EN
or if you run the characters together
ENN R R
Jim Stahl K8MR
See you in the June VHF QSO Party from EN NA
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Jim Stahl
InterNet: k8mr@barf80.nshore.org
Basic Amateur Radio Frequency, BARF-80 +1 216/237-8208
"Totally devoted to Amateur Radio" - 24 Hrs a day 8/N/1 14.4k-300 baud
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