In a private email, I received this comment: [snip] On the other hand I do feel it would be MUCH more sporting and a better display of Your and a few other guys talent..to eliminate the use of comput
Just for curiosity, I would like to have the reflectors opinion of just how strict computer log checking should be. In the ARRL 10 meter contest in December 2002 I operated from the Philippines. My t
How is this possible """"Here is a snip of the reply I got from the ARRL Contest group when I presented the question: ARRL wrote: "The various log checkers handle the portable "/" designators differe
Just don't understand this. How can you get a bust because the other guy made a mistake. In the first place, I seriously doubt "millions of contacts" being process for an entire year on all contests,
Issue 1. This doesn't sound right... I thought computer log checking takes out most of this human element (each having his own process). Issue 2. Not being able to equate DU1/<call> with <call>/DU1 s
Since Mr. Zack has seen fit to impugn the ARRL 10M log checking process, I feel compelled to respond. In response to his, I forwarded him his LCR from the 2002 ARRL 10M Contest. I also provided addit
While I sympathize with the perception the points were unfairly dinged (who knows, maybe they were), I think this highlights a tweak that could be made to the system rather than a resounding condemna
_________________________________________________________ The call should be logged exactly as received, and if it is not what was sent, should be disqualified. To do otherwise is to invite chaos. Pa
David, I'm sorry I ruffled your feathers. I assure you that was not my intent. I have been waiting for the LCR to be posted and in after thought, I should have waited until it was posted before askin
Gents, I think we all can see the light.. We were used to talk about amount of QSOs and multipliers. =rate times multipliers Now we have means to check the logs. =(rate minus errors) times multiplier
I don't believe it should be up to the log checking to know whether someone sent DU1/ or /DU1. What if changes from QSO to QSO? Sure the log checking can "guess" much like in SS where it has to "gues
There were over 3,000 logs submitted in the ARRL 10 Meter Contest, 2002. If everyone worked everyone else, that would be 9,000,000 log entries. That didn't happen, but then again, not everyone sends
Have to disagree with Mike on this. DU1/ and /DU1 are not identical calls and would not show as a dupe. And who would be crazy enough to change his call during a contest? Yes there is. You're suppose
At first glance these seem like legitimate questions for heated contester debate: I like to vent just as much as anyone, but in the case of this thread, I think once it has come out that the actual l
Mark, I think you're missing the point. What this discussion is about is the contest community seeking open and democratic discussions and decision-making on the subject of log checking. Certainly, s
The DX station is unlikely to change his call during the contest. What's more likely is that someone using primitive a logging program MUST log the portable prefix one way or the other (maybe differe
1) My post (with the "legitimate" questions below) was part of a response intended to be directed (in opposition) to the assertion that one must "log what one hears no matter what" which is what the
The most important thing, in my opinion, is that the log checking be consistent and relevant to a particular contest. There are log checking issues relevant to the Sweepstakes that are not relevant t
portions deleted hands log Therein lies the problem. It's like saying that if it weren't for the grace of the king, we wouldn't have a home. Sponsorship of the contest creates a little kingdom in whi
I noticed during WPX CW that N1MM Logger sent spots for stations like RO4M/6 as "RO6/RO4M", the so-called "normalized" callsign. I logged him each Q as he sent it, assuming log checks would bounce th