Sending Signal Reports in Contests
There are some stations not sending the signal report as part of the contest exchange in the CQ WW Prefix contest this weekend -- just the serial number. Some people aren't happy about it since sending the signal report is part of the rules.But, in every contest I've been in, the signal report is the same: 59 for SSB Contests and 599 for CW/RTTY Contests. Of course, in the thousands of contacts I've made as a contester, there have been a handful of operators who gave something different for the signal report. But only a handful.In addition, all of the contest logging programs automatically default to the 59/599 signal report for the field in the exchange.And I haven't heard of anyone getting disqualified for not providing the signal report; it will be interesting to see if this happens from this contest.