There MAY be another phenomenon re 1980's checks... (Daughter) K3MIM was initially licensed in 1989 (as KA3UBJ). When starting 'serious' SS/SSB (from the W3LPL dx-contest station) she found "89" gene
/"Just maybe others licensed in 80 - 89 have changed their checks?"/ Actually, it's a know fact that _some_ operators change their check to try and thwart the "appliance contesters" out there. :-) 73
Bob: The rule does say "The last 2 digits of the year of first license", but I doubt anyone will be penalized for not following this rule. Our club call was licensed in 2006, and a lot of people had
Actually, it's a know fact that _some_ operators change their check to try and thwart the "appliance contesters" out there. :-) This is a classic example of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Maybe, Rich. Maybe. This wasn't a problem for me this year. Whatever the operator sent is what I logged, regardless of what a database or online listing might have shown. Heck, I even worked A Boy &
Hi Rich, Hope you're well. To me, this is a pretty good case for turning off any autofill feature (aside from fills of exchanges from the same contest (for contests where you can work guys multiple t
Go back maybe 2-3 (?) years ago and there was a long discussion about the check, its meaning, what should you use etc. I think it was in this group. No conclusions I recall. Personally I just copy wh
I got a good chuckle looking at the log checking reports one time. My son had used my callsign and his check (93) in SS and then, a year or so later, I operated and used my check (67). I noticed that
My personal preference is not using any of these "crutches" for contesting. This puts me in the "active decoding" state while logging QSOs, where a mistake (bust) is fully attributable to my skill. I
Author: Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:06:45 -0500
I've said this before. I don't user pre-fill data bases to prevent me from having to copy. I use them to reduce the amount of TYPING I have to do. I still think it is important that every exchange be
Hi Kelly, I may not have made my point well enough. Of course you should copy what was sent, and I agree that you aren't going to be penalized by the contest adjudicators if you send a different exch
I may not have made my point well enough. My point was that when sending my own exchange, I want it to be as predictable as possible. That's not so much to ensure that the other person will get it ri