At 07:27 PM 9/16/2003, Tree wrote:
> Did not each of these stations send enough information - like their
state, as
> part of the exchange? And did not W2SC determine that the state he copied
> made sense for that callsign, unlike if, say, OH1XYZ were to send "599
OH" ?
Yes - W2SC did that. However, the log checking program isn't smart enough to
do that. I know it seems simple enough, but this is an automated process that
is done on 2000 logs. The program is written in such a way that a callsign is
either a DX call or a domestic call based upon the callsign and nothing else.
[...]
I agree it isn't a perfect piece of software and can improve. I try to
improve
it each year, but so far, there have been more important areas to focus on.
It seems to me that giving credit for properly-logged QSOs should be an
important enough area to get right.
73 - Jim AD1C
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