Re: [WriteLog] Ability to QSL numbers given to you by other stn

[Jerry Flanders <jeflanders@comcast.net>]

The only thing that bugs me more than getting my number repeated back to me 
is getting a 73 included near the end! Well, maybe getting past the serial 
nr 599, too, but that only happens once per contest.

The exchange I always hope for (and sometimes get) includes the SN given 3 
times WITH NO HYPHENS. I want spaces in there so my USOS can deal with 
shift problems. Why 3 times? I am confident of the number if I see 2 out of 
3 agree. Too often, it is given twice and they disagree - then we start a 
lengthy repeat cycle...  For most (but not all) of the recent WPS contest I 
sent my serial number 3 times, and got very few repeat requests.

Jerry W4UK

At 17:30 2/17/04, David O Hachadorian wrote:


> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:31:05 -0000 "Nick Kail" <m3mlr@tiscali.co.uk>
> writes:
> >  Hi guys
> > Thought I'd throw this one into the pot
> > Over the contest last week I noticed some stations giving me a QSL
> > on the
> > number I have given them
>
> > Anyone know the bit to do that  as I have looked in the manual and
> > couldn't
> > find it
>
> I think this is a bad practice.
> First, it takes too much time.
> Second, it has the possibility to
> create confusion over whose number
> is what, especially if conditions
> are marginal.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ


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