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Re: [CQ-Contest] Log what was sent

To: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Log what was sent
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@arrl.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:36:25 -0400
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Why would it be a guaranteed penalty? You logged what was sent by the other
station. That's what the rules say to do!

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 6:06 PM, K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:

> In case an obviously incorrect or impossible exchange, it seems to me the
> sensible thing is to delete the QSO.  Otherwise, it's a guaranteed penalty
> for me, as opposed to a NIL for the other operator.
>
> 73,
>
> Scott. K9MA
>
>
> ----------
>
> Scott Ellington
>
>  --- via iPad
>
> > On Sep 27, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Prasad VU2PTT <vu2ptt@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > And another case where KP4BD was sending Zone 11 which I logged instead
> of
> > 08.
> >
> > 73 de Prasad VU2PTT
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 9:37 PM, john@kk9a.com <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I would like to know what the WW committee thinks about your statement?
> >> For example, one W6 station last weekend sent me 04 04 CA CA which
> printed
> >> clearly on multiple decoders. This is not physically possible!  What
> about
> >> the station that sends 001 OH? Logging an obviously incorrect zone does
> >> not seem like the right thing to do and it can lead an incorrect zone
> >> multiplier count.
> >>
> >> John KK9A - W4AAA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> To:     CQ-Contest <CQ-Contest@contesting.com>
> >> Subject:        [CQ-Contest] Log what was sent
> >> From:   <kzerohb@gmail.com>
> >> Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2016 04:49:01 +0000
> >>
> >> On another online venue a fellow held the opinion that when someone
> sends
> >> an
> >> inaccurate element of the contest exchange (ie., the wrong Zone for his
> >> location in CQWW), that a contest operator should record the correct
> Zone,
> >> NOT
> >> the Zone that was sent to him.
> >>
> >> I certainly would query the sender.  For example, if a station in Iowa
> sent
> >> Zone “7” in CQWW (his IARU zone) instead of Zone “4” (his CQ Zone), but
> if
> >> he
> >> confirmed Zone 7, then I feel that I am obligated to log what he sent.
> >>
> >> After all, isn’t contesting all about our skill at accurately copying
> and
> >> precisely logging  what was sent to us?
> >>
> >> If that isn’t true, then why not just exchange callsigns and let our
> >> computers
> >> fill in the blanks?
> >>
> >> “What year was I licensed in?  Damn, I forgot again.  I’ll make up a
> >> number and
> >> you never mind what I sent, just let N1MM  fill in the blank.”
> >>
> >> 73, de Hans, KØHB
> >> "Just a boy and his radio"™
> >>
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