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- Welcome to the home of the Frontenac County ARES Group
- The Frontenac County ARES Group is responsible for emergency communications within North Frontenac, Central Frontenac, South Frontenac and Frontenac Islands municipalities.
- Please use the navigation panel at the left to explore the site.
- Enjoy your visit, and please pass on the link to other ham radio operators.
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- Amateur Radio RST Reports
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Amateur Radio RST Signal Reports Guide
Characteristic
"R" -- Readability
"S" -- Strength
"T" -- Tone (cw signals)
1
Unreadable
Faint
60 cycle hum, very rough and broad
2
Barely readable, occasional words distinguishable
Very Weak
Very rough a/c, very harsh and broad
3
Readable with considerable difficulty
Weak
Rough a/c tone, rectified but not filtered
4
Readable with practically no difficulty
Fair
Rough note, some trace of filtering
5
Perfectly readable
Fairly Good
Filtered rectified a/c but strongly ripple, modulated
6
--N/A--
Good
Filtered tone, definite trace of ripple modulation
7
--N/A--
Moderately Strong
Near pure tone, trace of ripple modulation
8
--N/A--
Strong
Near perfect tone, slight trace of modulation
9
--N/A--
Extremely Strong
Perfect tone, no trace of ripple or modulation
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