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Re: [CQ-Contest] Who copies things any more?

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Who copies things any more?
From: Barry <w2up@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 07:49:13 -0600
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Yup. I haven't lived in zone 5/PA for 7 years, and still see quite a few miscopied zone/state errors in my LCRs. I am listed as a zone/state exception in the SCP file. How hard is it to update it at least once a decade? :-)

Barry W2UP

On 4/9/2016 06:47, Jim Stahl via CQ-Contest wrote:
A major congratulations of the CQWW crew for getting out the 2015 CQWW CW (and 
SSB) results out in such a timely manner!

My log checking report was a very interesting reflection of the role of computers in today’s 
contesting world. I operated QRP from our new winter QTH in Florida (actually at a waterfront park, not our 
condo). But to the computer world, I’m in zone 4, presumably back in Ohio. Out of my 536 valid QSOs, 
196 “copied” me in zone 4! An additional six guys who miscopied my call also put me there.

I expected a lot of such errors, as I could tell from the rhythm of the QSO that a lot of 
people had not taken the extra second to type a “5”. But the number of 
miscopies, or more precisely non-copies, greatly exceeded expectations.

I’ll be back in zone 4 in another week, so don’t move me permanently to zone 5. 
Just copy what I send !


73  -  Jim    K8MR
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