> Is the penalty only for only busted calls, or any error in copy?
> If only busted calls, what is penalty for other busted info?
> (I ask cuz my copy of rules is not available here at office.)
> My first reaction is that all copy errors should carry the SAME penalty.
> de Hans, K0HB
Agree with consistency as a requirement for equitable treatment.
Someone else asked what the algorithm is for "Busted" call
determination; I too would like to know for I can think of many
circumstances that might have an erroneous apperance of a "mis-copied
call" and only one circumstance where reasonable surity can be had that
mis-copy of a call has occurred and even that is not fool-proof.
Consider -
Logs being compared - Station A and Station B
Station A's call appears on Station B's log at time T on band F
Station C's call, similar to A, appears in B's log at time T on band F
Then for the stated condition the following conclusions can be drawn:
If all submitted logs contain all QSO attempts, including incomplete QSOs
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If Station C submitted a log
If Station C's log does contain B at T
If C's log shows a complete QSO
Then B's log is correct
Otherwise
Then B's log is incorrect
End If
If there was a station D with a call similar to B operating
on band F at time T that did not submit a log
Then Station A's log may have a busted call
Otherwise
A's log is in error
End If (NOTE: because D did not submit a log, it is not
possible to determine why A's log is in error)
Otherwise
Then B's log is in error
If there was a station D with a call similar to B operating on
band F at time T that did not submit a log
Then Station A's log may have a busted call
Otherwise
A's log may be OK
End If (NOTE: because D did not submit a log, it is not
possible to determine if A's log is OK)
End If
Otherwise
NO CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN because
A may have worked B: A's log is OK, B's log has a busted call, or
A may really have worked C: A's log may has a busted call, or
A may have tried to work C when B really worked C:
A's log is wrong, B's log is OK, or
A may have tried to work B when B really worked C:
A's log is wrong, B's log is OK, or
A may have tried to work B while B tried to work C while C tried A:
A's log & B's log are wrong
Otherwise
If Station C submitted a log containing B at T
Then B's log is correct, and
No determination can be made about A's log for A may actually have
worked B but for some reason B failed to log the QSO (ever heard
of human error?)
Otherwise
NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN (see above)
End If
Because we can not rule out human error, and because it is not fair to
penalize one person for another person's error, the only thing that can
be said about a call sign mis-match is that the QSO is questionable.
There are many other things that could label a QSO questionable. Only a
sizable Questionable QSO rate should warrant invoking a penalty.
John
W0RUE
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