At 04:54 PM 5/4/01 -0400, Rob Shapiro - ND3A wrote:
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>Pete, I'd love to see your proposal be seriously explored but would like to
>play devil's advocate. If Station A claims a contact Station B in a
>contest, and both stations have submitted Cabrillo files, how accurately
>would the QSO crosscheck be performed? Would the crosscheck just look for
>a band/mode match for a particular date or look for a time match also? If
>yes for a time match, then is it an exact match or +/- some amount. If +/-
>and the QSO occurred around the time of a date change, then there could be
>a difference of dates. I wonder if these details could be worked out?
Hi Rob -- Don't see why not. In fact, the independent site www.eqsl.cc
seems to have a pretty well-evolved system that uses a date match only.
The special case of a time mismatch resulting in a date mismatch would
probably require human intervention, just like in the bad old days --
getting in touch with the QSL manager who can examine the log.
73, Pete N4ZR
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>From K0HB@qwest.net" <K0HB@qwest.net Sun May 6 20:25:07 2001
From: K0HB@qwest.net" <K0HB@qwest.net (Hans K0HB)
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Contest QSLing
Message-ID: <01C0D66B.31BA1FA0.K0HB@qwest.net>
Rob Shapiro - ND3A wrote:
> If Station A claims a contact Station B in a
> contest, and both stations have submitted Cabrillo
> files, how accurately would the QSO crosscheck be performed?
Back when I was just a pup, ARRL did accept contest-logged
QSO's for some awards (DXCC, WAS?). Obviously the cross-check
was manual (no wonder they quit doing it), but a reasonable
filter might be band, mode, time (+/- an hour?), and smart
enough to roll backward/forward across the date for contacts
in the 2300-0100 window.
73, Hans, K0HB
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