I am reading much comment of log verifications to validate "significant?" Contests. I am in favor of increasing the integrity of these contests....evenhough I have been semi-QRT for several years. A
exchange RST/RS (which is 99% insignificant, superflous, and also false, i.e. automated 599/59) were changed to a serial number or significant number which would require synchronization to validate a
A complete QSO should include the exchange of callsigns and some meaningful information such as a valid signal report.. Why don't they modify the rules such that meaningful signal reports have to be
Even if you copy the previous or following QSO number, you are still forced to copy essentially the same additional information (I don't think the rules state anything about when a QSO must start and
I think the "feature" of being able to tell what your exchange would be based upon the previous QSO applies to all contests - and the subsequent QSO in most contests. That is - unless you are using
OH2MM once told me about a local contest where the exchange was short, and less predictable than a serial number ... but didn't require random number generators in logging software. The operator simp