I am not yet a big gun, still just a little pistol, but I disqualified myself.
My logging software which is N1MM the greatest contest logger I have ever used,
has a method of making a selection for "spotting all
S&P's. I had this selected but did not check the box for "run" when I started
my first run. I was working 40 meters only and (for
me) had quiet a pile up going there for a while before I realized I was
spotting myself every time I logged an entry.
So I decided not to submit a report this year, as soon as I realized what I had
done, I moved frequencies and put the check in the
'run' box so I wouldn't spot myself again.
Maybe next time I will pay more attention and not do the notorious self
spotting.
Everyone has to do according to how their own conscious leads them, so I
decided to disqualify myself.
Some of you will probably think this stupid of me, but some will I hope also
agree with my decision.
Hope all had a great time, I know I did.
Thanks for all the contacts, next year I will make sure they count :)
Bob AD5VJ
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dave/KA1NCN
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 4:32 AM
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Improper WPX Exchanges
>
> Why disqualify the big gun? Every station that works him as
> the opportunity to demand a signal report. In fact, they
> have the duty! Yet, in listening to a few stations giving
> serial numbers only this weekend (probably 3 or 4 hours in
> total), I never heard a single one ask for a signal report.
> Secondly, I disagree with the notion that a report is
> entirely subjective. The ?S? part, as I understand it, is
> supposed to be derived from whatever one?s S-meter is
> reading. So, at a minimum, a third party, standing over the
> shoulder of the ?giver? of the report would be able to verify
> that at a given moment a signal caused a certain S-meter to
> give a certain reading.
> 73, Dave/KA1NCN dave@ka1n.cn
>
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