{"id":1595,"date":"2022-01-11T09:25:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eparsonline.org\/public_html\/eparsonline.org\/?page_id=1595"},"modified":"2022-01-11T09:31:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T14:31:24","slug":"rst","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eparsonline.org\/public_html\/eparsonline.org\/downloads\/rst\/","title":{"rendered":"RST"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rst_system\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ham Radio - Tips for new hams. Signal reporting and the RST system\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AduRdeUNhY8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">RST Reports: An RST report is a report from a receiving station on the quality and strength of the transmitted signal.&nbsp;Using shorthand in the form of numbers to represent the tone of a CW signal or voice transmission of a transmitting station&#8217;s signal at the receiving station&#8217;s location (QTH). Here is what it means:<\/p>\n<p>R&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp; Readability &#8211; Understanding what is said and how well. On a scale of 1 to 5, the readability of your signal with a &#8220;5&#8221; being perfect with no difficulty. In other words the ability of the other operator to understand what you are saying. A &#8220;1&#8221; is unreadable&#8230;.a &#8220;5&#8221; is perfectly readable.<\/p>\n<p>S&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp; Strength-&nbsp;On a scale of 1 to 9, indicates how strong your stations signal is. A &#8220;1&#8221; is a very faint signal.&nbsp; A &#8220;9&#8221; is an extremely strong signal.<\/p>\n<p>T&nbsp;&#8211; Used for morse code signal reports. Indicates on a scale of 1 to 9 the quality of the tone of the morse code &#8220;dits and dahs&#8221;.&nbsp; From a &#8220;60 cycle harsh tone&#8221; a (1)&#8230;. To a &#8220;very pure tone&#8221;, a (9)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"unordered_rst\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><strong>R = READABILITY<br \/>\n<\/strong>1 &#8212; Unreadable<br \/>\n2 &#8212; Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable<br \/>\n3 &#8212; Readable with considerable difficulty<br \/>\n4 &#8212; Readable with practically no difficulty<br \/>\n5 &#8212; Perfectly readable<\/p>\n<p><strong>S = SIGNAL STRENGTH<\/strong><br \/>\n1 &#8212; Faint signals, barely perceptible<br \/>\n2 &#8212; Very weak signals<br \/>\n3 &#8212; Weak signals<br \/>\n4 &#8212; Fair signals<br \/>\n5 &#8212; Fairly good signals<br \/>\n6 &#8212; Good signals<br \/>\n7 &#8212; Moderately strong signals<br \/>\n8 &#8212; Strong signals<br \/>\n9 &#8212; Extremely strong signals<\/p>\n<p><strong>T = TONE<\/strong><br \/>\n1 &#8212; Sixty cycle a.c. or less, very rough and broad<br \/>\n2 &#8212; Very rough a.c. , very harsh and broad<br \/>\n3 &#8212; Rough a.c. tone, rectified but not filtered<br \/>\n4 &#8212; Rough note, some trace of filtering<br \/>\n5 &#8212; Filtered rectified a.c. but strongly ripple-modulated<br \/>\n6 &#8212; Filtered tone, definite trace of ripple modulation<br \/>\n7 &#8212; Near pure tone, trace of ripple modulation<br \/>\n8 &#8212; Near perfect tone, slight trace of modulation<br \/>\n9 &#8212; Perfect tone, no trace of ripple or modulation of any kind<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; RST Reports: An RST report is a report from a receiving station on the quality and strength of the transmitted signal.&nbsp;Using shorthand in the form of numbers to represent the tone of a CW signal or voice transmission of a transmitting station&#8217;s signal at the receiving station&#8217;s location (QTH). 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