For many decades starting in the 1950s I submitted my VHF (and HF) contest results to the ARRL. I also reported my results on 3830 kHz back in the days, and on the 3830 web site since then. For some
Hi Doug, I appreciate your predicament. I'd still submit the log even if it was just to let them know you participated. I would not worry about others getting penalized because of errors in your log.
Hi Doug, As Alex suggests, do submit please. Submission helps us track participation. Should you wish, submit as a CHECKLOG by changing your log entry category in your Cabrillo file upload to: Catego
Hi Doug, I feel your pain. I am starting to see the same issues. Most of it is dealing with computers and digital modes. When you stack that on top of trying to copy a weak station and then be thinki
Wouldn't that checklog still have the same effect that Doug wanted to avoid - by being checked, the stations he contacted and mislogged would still be penalized because he reported them wrong. Specif
Hi gang, I am a bit younger but also starting to struggle with computers. Witness the fact that I am now three weeks into transitioning from one computer to another and still do not have basic shack
Hi Dave, Thanks for your observations, oldtimer! It's tough being old, hi hi. The 10GHz-Up@groups.io discussion got me thinking about the scoring again, and how a busted call or miscopied report pena
Please submit your logs. We have processes that find most of these cases where folks send in logs that have more errors than other logs. And while the log checking could remove credit for contacts /
Author: PHIL MIGUELEZ via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:18:37 +0000 (UTC)
K5TR wrote "If you work me and log me as K5TX I do not lose credit for that contact. Only you will lose credit for that contact." I think you will find that if you and I both send logs into the ARR
Phil, Please show this to me - I have been involved in the log checking for many contests including ARRL VHF contests and while what you describe can happen it usually does not happen for broken call
Ah, the LCR NIL problem raises its ugly head. I quit looking at it because: Some years ago I worked a station on 1296 around 200 miles out. Shortly thereafter, I received a QSL asking to confirm the