European CQ contest, signal report?

[Big Dog]

Hi, im listening to 14.173.1 on 20 meters and everyone is giving a signal report of ,for example 5-9-0001 in EU-8. Im assuming EU means european union but not sure ,and what does 0001 mean? Can anyone tell me? Thanks , Lou

 

[n8fgb]

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[kd-5-bgt]

The 5-9 is the signal report ..readability and signal strength ..the 0001 I think is the contact number..and the EU-8 should be the europian region

I could be totally wrong on that ..if so please correct me

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Correct. The 001 is a QSO number or "serial" number. It should increment by one for every contact either by region worked or total QSO number. It's just a way to keep count.

 

[sp5it]

EU8 means EU-008 - IOTA number of Inner Hebrides island group.
What you heard was IOTA contest.
Mike