I agree with everything stated so far: 1. Copy the call correctly 2. Some folks have fat fingers 3. the OH and ZERO and adjacent to each other on the keyboard 4. Packet busted calls cause exponential
If, *during* the contest, you thought to yourself, "Gee, I bet I mistyped 0 for O in that call" or made a note in the log to review all "J7O/0J"or something like that, then go fix the calls. You cau
Ward as you may have figured out I am a stubborn, crotchety, ole fart. A contest, to me, means I pit my skills, such as they are, against your skills. If I use packet then I'm using the skills of a l
Modifying one's log after the event has ended is unethical. Ev,W2EV If, *during* the contest, you thought to yourself, "Gee, I bet I mistyped 0 for O in that call" or made a note in the log to review
How so? The ARRL clearly states (in the HF Contest FAQ sheet) that you are allowed to correct obvious typos (immediately after the end of the contest) and syntactic errors relating to the acceptance
-- Original Message -- How so? The ARRL clearly states (in the HF Contest FAQ sheet) that you are allowed to correct obvious typos (immediately after the end of the contest) and syntactic errors rela
are wide ranging opinions about the acceptability of editing your log after the contest. The most conservative and always acceptable answer is that no editing of any sort is permissible." That's fin
Back in the days of paper logs, it was not uncommon for someone to rewrite the log sheets in order to make the log entries readable and presentable for submission. In doing so, many minor errors, suc
Bill Coleman wrote: "Back in the days of paper logs, it was not uncommon for someone to rewrite the log sheets in order to make the log entries readable and presentable for submission." I will agree
So then, it would be completely admissable and acceptable to record the entire contest, and utilize any source of information to confirm the exchanged info, correct the log, and finally send it along
-- Original Message -- So then, it would be completely admissable and acceptable to record the entire contest, and utilize any source of information to confirm the exchanged info, correct the log, an
Bill wrote "...re-write the log sheets in order to make the log entries readable...". I don't see anything there that states, or suggests, using any source of information except what's already in the
Quack keeps a scratch pad alongside and when he notes an error in the log that occured the day before, rather than take time to go find and fix during the contest I go back and correct what I have de
that means i would have to stop operating 3 or 4 hours early to get my log trasposed into TR before the contest is over? just how many of us are left that use a stick? maybe then i should not send in
-- Original Message -- that means i would have to stop operating 3 or 4 hours early to get my log trasposed into TR before the contest is over? just how many of us are left that use a stick? maybe th
Author: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:36:31 -0700
This was actually tried once by a rather well-known contester in an ARRL contest (SS? DX? 10 M? I can't remember). It didn't work. They still erred on exchanges and calls, and there was no way the A