On 26 Jan 98, Jimmy D. Roller wrote:
> In the contest, I made 606 QSOs in a less than full time effort. Out of
> those 606 Qs, 28 were duplicate contacts for a percentage of 4.6
> percent. I'm used to having at most 1 or 2 dupes in my log at the end,
Well, you picked a great contest for illustrating why you should log
the dupes! We always experience much greater dupe rates in the 160
contests. I suspect the added noise is the culprit. Repeat your
experiment with a contest on higher frequencies and I suspect you
won't be as badly bent out-of-shape! ;-)
> 1) One poor misguided soul in a neighboring state answered my CQ
> and was worked *four* times. If this isn't a record, it's a darned
> good average!
Unfortunately, four is not a record.....
We normally spend most of our time at W4WA CQing in the 160 contests
and always get a lot of dupes. This time we did a lot more S&Ping,
and our dupe rate was somewhat less.
See you on all bands in the SS! ;-)
73 de Lee
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