25-03-2018, 11:11 AM
(25-03-2018, 08:08 AM)VK4ADC Wrote: Actually sometimes the call for repeats is justified. You get a popular callsign being deluged by DXers and until you are 'in the clear' while the other callers pause, it is hard to get callsigns and reports and numbers across accurately. Crowded frequencies don't help either.
The '5 by 9' is a fairly standard contest exchange as it takes too long to gaze at the S-meter then translate that into a signal report whilst paying more attention to the on-screen logging to make sure you are uttering the correct sequential number after it. When your logging rate is 3-4 per minute, there is no time to waste...
That 59-effect happens even during VK-based VHF/UHF contests, RD, JMMFD etc, let alone the international CQ WPX SSB on this weekend.
"Actually sometimes the call for repeats is justified."
I am definitely not arguing against asking for repeats, they are often very necessary. Its the silliness of having to give a signal report all the time that irks me. If a station is struggling for contacts I would rather him him/her "you are weak here, about S3" rather that an obligatory S9.
Wayne VK4WDM