DJ3IW Quoted N0AX in QST saying:
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".... Not-in-Log (N or NIL) - If your call does not appear in the other
operator's log at the right time, your QSO is invalid."
.
That is correct.
Nonetheless, if your call *does* appear in the other operators log at the right
time, it does not matter if you have other times where you've entered the same
call, as they will be considered dupes of the one good QSO, and not count
against you.
> ------------Original Message------------
> From: dj3iw@t-online.de (DJ3IW Goetz)
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Date: Sat, Jan-31-2004 5:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL 10.45 new feature
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave L Thompson" <k4jrb@juno.com>
> To: <writelog@contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] WL 10.45 new feature
>
>
> > Most contest directors will tell you that you should log all callers
> > especially in run mode. You may have worked someone else and the station
> > may have logged it due to timing, QRM or any number of reasons.
> > There is no penalty for a dupe.
> ==================================
>
> Not quite! Citing from QST February 2004, How to Avaoid Contest Score
> Shrinkage by H. Ward Silver, N0AX:
> .
> ".... Not-in-Log (N or NIL) - If your call does not appear in the other
> operator's log at the right time, your QSO is invalid."
> .
> .
> "What's Really an Error?..... ..... Not-in-Log QSOs are also pretty easy
> to peg as real errors."
> .
> .
> "Why Penalize?......... The ARRL removes the bad QSO plus one additional
> QSO. For the CQ World Wide, the bad QSO and three additional QSOs are
> removed. Both contest mahangers feel that the penalties act as a deterrent
> to sloppy operating. Penalty QSOs affect only the QSO count, not multipliers".
>
>
> 73 de Goetz
> dj3iw@t-online.de
>
>
>
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