On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Dick Green WC1M <wc1m73@gmail.com> wrote:
> The rule says no “Correction” of logged entries. Converting the log to
> another format isn’t the same as correcting the log. Heck, when you tell
> the log program to output the log in Cabrillo format, it does a conversion
> from its internal format. Converting from paper to electronic is similar,
> though you are making additions. IMHO, additional entries are not the same
> as corrections to existing entries. So I think you would be OK entering the
> paper portion of your log after the contest, as long as you don’t make any
> corrections to the paper or electronic log. Again, it’s not a change in the
> information, just a format conversion.
>
>
OK, so please follow me carefully... Recall I typed the wrong thing into
the computer, but then scribbled the right thing on to paper before moving
on to the next station which is calling me right now.
The information on my paper is a superseding paper log entry. When the
contest ends I will merge the paper log back into the computer log by
converting to the computer format. It's just as correct to call this a
merge as it is to call it an edit.
But if that is objectionable... in the same situation I have been known to
simply re-enter the entire QSO correctly right after the incorrectly
recorded QSO. This is a behavior I have not been penalized for in the past.
Should I now be penalized for this?
Similarly, it is not uncommon for a station to come back two minutes later
and call me again to correct the exchange - they sent me the wrong
exchange. I log this new QSO. It now sure looks an awful lot like my
re-entered correction in the previous paragraph. How will log checking tell
the difference?
This is all getting very silly, isn't it? 73 jeff wk6i
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