"Da Shadow" wrote in message news:d6DJc.19$fB4.1@lakeread01...

I can assure you that in last decade, my HF contact with Panama was
rejected -- it was a CW QSO and the mode and RST were missing.

Maybe in the eye of the checker huh ????

It was rejected for lack of the MODE. That is mandatory. RST is not. The
ARRL rules are very clear on that.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE