BCBlazysusan wrote:

On Dec 17, 7:24 pm, SC Dxing wrote:
On Dec 17, 6:35 pm, RHF wrote:

* Shortwave Radio Reception Codes
* * S I N P O
* * S I O

Good advice. I'll add from what I have read and understood stations
prefer to have "plain english" for the quality of their broadcast
rather than SINPO or SIO codes

An example is, reception at 99999khz was good at xxxx-utc but fading
at times with some splashover from 99995khz (rather than a simple 222
or 23232 code). Signal became worse at xxxx-utc. Your other broadcast
on 99960khz was excellent with no fading, distortion, or interference
during the same time period. I was using a Radio Shack Dx-999 using 60
foot of random wire facing from Southwest to Northeast. Then give
details of the program. (frequency and radio fictional)

I get the impression they want as much detail as possible. That gives
them so more information than numbers which are subject to
interpretation. RCI was very appreciate that I gave a reception report
in plain English, they mailed me a very nice packet today via US
mail.

Cheers

I think I would agree with you on this. When I first started I didn't
even know about all the SINPO and stuff. I ALWAYS hand wrote a letter
telling them of course the day/time......what radio I was using and
what antenna. Then give them as much of a detailed report I could,
when I first started for maybe five years I never even had a tape
recorder. I'd just write things down on a notepad. Now I think I have
five of them - they really come in handy. I remember I think sending
out three tapes before to prove what I heard - one on shortwave and
two on the BCB. I stopped doing that because that would have got
expensive. I still have my micro cassette tapes that I used the
morning of 9-11. Really something to go back and listen to those. Four
micro tapes filled front and back and one regular cassette filled from
Alex Jones show and Steve Quayle and my local flame thrower
WLW.....those goes were flipping especially Alex because he had been
saying for MONTHS it was going to happen and then - viola- it
happened. Now if Alex and Quayle knew..... why couldn't it have been
stopped is the way I look at it.

I can't recall any reports that I've sent out using SINPO or SIO. I generally
just say that conditions were poor, conditions were good, I was hearing you very
well, reception was difficult, etc.