RICHMOND WEATHER
QRZ QRL?
CQ CQ CQ DE KA2DOV KA2DOV KA2DOV K
KA2DOV DE W2XYZ W2XYZ AR
W2XYZ DE KA2DOV TNX FER CALL -- UR RST 599 599 HR QTH RICHMOND VA RICHMOND VA -- NAME RICH RICH ES SKCC 18878 18878 SO HW CPY? W2XYZ DE KA2DOV KN
KA2DOV DE W2XYZ TNX FER RPT -- SLD CPY UR RST 589 589 -- NAME BOB BOB -- QTH PULASKI NY PULASKI NY -- SKCC 2345 2345 -- HW CPY? KA2DOV DE W2XYZ KN
W2XYZ DE KA2DOV FB BOB -- WX HR WARM ES DRY TEMP 75F -- RIG QRP 8W ES ANT LONGWIRE UP 40 FT -- HW CPI? W2XYZ DE KA2DOV KN
W2XYZ DE KA2DOV TNX FER FB QSO BOB -- HP CU AGN -- VY 73 TO U ES URS SK W2XYZ DE KA2DOV
W2XYZ would now also sign.
RST
  1. Unreadable
  2. Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable
  3. Readable with considerable difficulty
  4. Readable with practically no difficulty
  5. Perfectly readable
  1. Faint signals, barely perceptible
  2. Very weak signals
  3. Weak signals
  4. Fair signals
  5. Fairly good signals
  6. Good signals
  7. Moderately strong signals
  8. Strong signals
  9. Extremely strong signals
  1. Sixty cycle A.C. or less, very rough and broad
  2. Very rough A.C., very harsh and broad
  3. Rough A.C. tone, rectified but not filtered
  4. Rough note, some trace of filtering
  5. Filtered rectified a.c. but strongly ripple-modulated
  6. Filtered tone, definite trace of ripple modulation
  7. Near pure tone, trace of ripple modulation
  8. Near perfect tone, slight trace of modulation
  9. Perfect tone, no trace of ripple or modulation of any kind