WM5R is correct. Nobody is going to be penalized because N7MAL's log is
deemed to be unstable by the cross-checking software.
N5OT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kenharker@kenharker.com>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] changing category
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 04:33:47PM -0800, Jack Brindle wrote:
>> Mal;
>>
>> Simply put, you don't. Changing in the middle would invalidate all of
>> your previous QSOs in the other guy's logs, making them more than a
>> bit upset.
>
> That's not true.
>
> The log checking process will accomodate a station changing a static
> portion
> of the exchange in one of two ways (depending on the contest): (a) cross-
> checking with the exact log data that was sent, or (b) identifying that
> station's log as "unstable" and excluding it from cross-checking with
> other logs. In either case, the other stations are generally not going
> to be penalized when someone they work send a different exchange later on
> in the contest.
>
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