Amateur Radio

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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