I worked a LOT of dupes in the RU this year. Some were coming for the 3rd time on the same band! In this contest it's not uncommon but just seemed more than the usual - I suppose that's a reflectio
Had a W0 call me 4 times in about 40 minutes....I can understand one, maybe two.....but come on man !!! Also had one guy send me an email apologizing for the dupe, software trouble on his end, I said
Jeff, Like you, I always work dupes. I work very little RTTY, but in the bigger CW contests, there always seem to be a very small # of EU's that will work me 2, 3 or even 7 times. I can only surmise
Decades ago I was in charge of converting the club to computer logging for Field Day. Had a guy operating in the wee small hours who refused to touch the computer. Said he didn't think it was "tradit
It was pretty funny Mike. But unfortunately in a "watch me shoot my foot" sort of way. I got into contesting way too late and missed whatever it was that drove the no-dupes obsession back in the da
The "no dupes" came from the fact that it was very difficult to weed the dupes out of the logs back before computerized logging. So "loading up on dupes" was a way of "padding the log" and was penali
When I first started contesting I fastidiously avoided dupes. But I believe contest rules were amended to not penalize them, so now I log all dupes. I guess some havent moved on from the dupes =penal
I also noticed a lot of dupes in the ARRL RU contest last weekend. My first one was only 16 minutes into the contents and this same K8 duped me again on the same band later. There are many ways this
Author: "Richard F. DiDonna NN3W" <richnn3w@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 09:22:56 -0500
As a general rule, I always work dupes. I have one and only one exception: if I have a significant pile (i.e., 3 callers+) in Sweepstakes, I will call out dupe if I am pretty certain I've worked so
There was never a penalty for working dupes. You just had to removed them from your log and not take the QSO credit for the second or third QSO. I was never good at maintaining a running dupe sheet w
In the back of my mind I remember the penalty was severe also for working a dupe. I don't know if it was true or not, it is 40+ years ago after-all, But I remember of course you lost the credit of th
People need to update their mindset about dupes. The do NOT give you a penalty. Also, do not remove dupes from your log.....several contests now state that. Consider....You work Someone, but he logs
Perfect Stan! Dave AFP _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
The only penalty for working dupes with all the contests I know of is applies only to paper logs. NCCC members are taught to ALWAYS work dupes. Maybe not on the east coast, but out here, it's easy to
Then you get the harassing callers. I had one guy who must not have liked me CQing, and hed call me every 5 minutes or so, and then finally told me to shut up and go way Charlie 73 de KG2V Http://www
The issue was if you missed it as a dupe, it got credited as another Q. And we all missed recognizing some back then. Ed --Original Message-- From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+edwards=sbele
Clearly, that exceptionally talented individual was not the wheat. Maybe chaff? Keep on calling. That bring QSOs into the log and points onto the score. 73, Jukka OH6LI ke 8. tammik. 2020 klo 4.47 Ch
Author: Ron Notarius W3WN via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 17:33:16 +0000 (UTC)
Sadly, we will also have some Amateurs who do not care for contesting and contesters. A handful of those will go to the extremes and start hassling or jamming those who operate in a contest. (To sa
I'll just say that some ARRL Volunteer Monitors will be watching for inappropriate conduct during contests and take appropriate action. This would apply to US amateurs, only. They do not have jurisdi