SINPO Code

I have been thinking about the SINPO code after seeing a station reported as 32331 recently. 
If you look at the table below you will see that an overall figure of 1 in the "overall" column does not equate with the other figures. The correct number would be 2 or 3 depending on the reception. 

	Signal Strength	Interference	Noise	Propagation disturbance (fading)	Overall
5	Excellent	Nil	Nil	Nil	Excellent
4	Good	Slight	Slight	Slight	Good
3	Fair	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Fair
2	Poor	Severe	Severe	Severe	Poor
1	Barely audible	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Unusable

44444 as a report is clearly a good report. 35434 or 45444 is a good average for many shortwave pirates received at my location. 
Strong pirates and many broadcast stations sometimes go over 9 + 40 db and clearly qualify for 5 in the "S" column. 
I have rarely heard a shortwave station without any propagation disturbance so 4 to my mind is great.

Logs of Wednesday 14th January

6210 @ 0930 Studio 64 - 34223 "No Woman No Cry" - Bob Marley, "Ruthless Queen" by Kayak, "Good Vibrations" by the Beach Boys
6747 @ 1624 Pioneer - 35434; Fleetwoood Mac - "Hold Me"
6285 @ 1626 Python - 34333; "You Already Know" - Arcade Fire

Logs of Tuesday 13th January

6290 @ 0958 Pluto - 23222; Weak signal, "Nachtriders" by Henk Weijngaard, "That's When I See The Blues" - Jim Reeves