Mike:
Well, I agree that my suggestion to use the short-hand response is
not that good, but not for the reason you give. Wayne correctly
pointed out that it would confuse informal participants, and I think
that is true. However, your concern does not really have force. Since
non-Elecraft participants will not be using a response that includes
the K, there is no reason anyone should, a priori, be expecting the K
as the first letter of the exchange. But, be that as it may, I agree
with your ultimate conclusion. And, yep, with an NJ2 call, we ought be
able to hook up, or, boy, the bands will be in very bad shape.
best wishes,
dave belsley, w1euy
On Mar 11, 2005, at 6:19 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
David, I would disagree with you.
One of the things that make contesting a little bit easier (sometimes)
is the fact that there is a published exchange, and if everyone
follows it, I think it ends up providing much smoother contacts
because you "know" what's coming next.
How many times has someone sent something out of order in a contest,
and that's the way you copied it into your logger, then you had to go
back and reenter the fields because now it's not right?
Everyone is going to be expecting a "K" as the first letter in the rig
portion of the exchange for almost all of their qso's. Sending
something different, especially a number instead of a letter (in this
case) I think will just cause more problems for most people and would
not justify trying to save the amount of time it takes to sent a "K".
Having said that, hope to see you on the air. K
72,
Mike, NJ2OM
From: David A.Belsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2005/03/10 Thu AM 07:47:37 CST
To: Elecraft Reflector <[email protected]>
Subject: [Elecraft] suggestions for EQP practice
May I suggest that we try to make the EQP contest unique among current
contests by attempting to give actual (meaningful) signal reports.
Because of the association of this content with QRP, the wholesale use
of 5nn seems really quite out of place. It will also be good practice
to those who haven't fully come to grips with the proper use of RST
reports to learn to make snap judgments about a proper report. Those
snap judgments are usually pretty good, often better than ones that
get
deeper consideration.
And if you are looking to find a way to make up for the little bit of
time it takes to give an honest report, consider adopting, in place of
sending "K2 nr 4321" or "K1 nr 548" simply 2/4321 or 1/548.
Looking forward to getting some new s/n's, (there aren't any more
states)
dave belsley, w1euy, 2/744
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