READABILITY
1 - Unreadable.
2 - Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable.
3 - Readable with considerable difficulty.
4 - Readable with practically no difficulty.
5 - Perfectly readable.
SIGNAL STRENGTH
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.
TONE
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 of modulation.
8 - Near perfect tone, slight trace of modulation.
9 - Perfect tone, no trace of ripple or modulation of any
kind.
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If the signal has the characteristic
steadiness of crystal control, add the letter X to the RST report.
If there is a chirp, the letter C may be added to so indicate.
Similarly for a click, add K. The above reporting system
is used on both c.w. and voice,
leaving out the¡°tone¡±report on voice.
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