I agree; the situation can get complicated.
If the "busted" callsign is an assigned callsign, probably that station
should be contacted if there's a question by whoever is handling the DX
cards. Maybe that person wasn't in the pileup. Maybe that person isn't
even a DXer. That would simplify things. But if that person claimed a
QSO around the same time/date/frequency, then it could be complicated.
But what of the situation (which I've actually encountered) where the
busted callsign is unassigned?
73, Zack W9SZ
On Wed, 4 May 2005, N7MAL wrote:
> I have received many emails telling me the benefit of the doubt must go to
> logging error and send the QSL if the call is reasonably close. Here is a
> true scenario that has played out no less than 20 times in the past few years.
> I call station ABC, he responds N7ML ur 599. If I recognize ABC busted the
> call I correct it but sometimes in heavy QRM I miss it. Sometimes ABC is
> actually responding to N7ML and I miss that to especially in a split
> operation. N7ML, Craig, is a real DXer and Contester, I run across him all
> the time.
> Now I send ABC a card. What is ABC supposed to do, after all N7ML and N7MAL
> are only off by a letter and the time is right. ABC's only choice is to
> return my card marked not in the log. I'm sure there are many more similar
> scenario's with similar calls.
> As unpopular as it seems what's in the log is what must be the determining
> factor.
>
>
> MAL N7MAL
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