IARU Region 1 recommendation

September 2005: IARU Region 1 adopts RSQ signal reporting.

The RSQ signal reporting proposal was put to the IARU Region 1 conference held in Davos Switzerland during September 2005. The proposal was put by the Austrian Radio Society (OeVSV) and the meeting resolved as follows:

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 COMMITTEE C4 - Minutes of Meeting 01 Agenda

Paper number: DV05_C4_meeting 01 Minutes

Agenda Item 8. Reporting

8.1 RSQ Reporting. The paper was read by OeVSV

NRRL and DARC stated support of the paper and it was suggested it should be part of the HF Manager's handbook.
There was discussion on the use and effectiveness of the Q report. Proposed by Austria, seconded by Greece. Carried unanimously with Czech Republic, San Marino and Slovakia abstaining.
Paper 35 proposed by Norway, seconded by Sweden, abstained Poland, Czech Republic.
It was also agreed that the committee should send a note of thanks to the authors of the paper.

Recommendation DV05_C4_Rec_28
It is recommended that RSQ reporting be used for digital modes. 

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 The

• complete Committee C4 minutes;
• proposal paper submitted by the Austrian Radio Society OeVSV;
• CQ Magazine article referenced by the OeVSV paper
• original WIA Magazine article as published

can all be viewed by downloading the articles from the links below.

You can also read a news report from the Wireless Institute of Australia 9th October 2005 here