WM5R said:
On aggregate, you are no more likely to lose points because of other ops'
copying
errors than your competition is likely to lose point because of those same
ops'
copying errors. Unless you are somehow more likely to attract the flakes on
the air
than the stations you are competing against, it doesn't put you at a
disadvantage.
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
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Negative! K7GK makes an excellent point. In addition, these rules and
penalties also mean
that those who would otherwise dig deep into the crud and qrn to work the
weak low power
stations now have a true disincentive for doing so.
If I can work S5 and up stations with 99.9% accuracy, but only maybe 88%
accuracy
with S4 and lower stations, I have no reason to even consider working weaker
guys
since the error rate will almost cancel out most of the ones I get right -
this is especially
true since I am **also** penalized by stations that miscopy my call and
exchange!
It is much easier to save the "wear and tear" and to just call cq again and
hope for
someone louder to call me. Some Multis already use this "strategy" when
they are
running EU and an SA station calls them off of the side/back of the antenna.
I have read
several past posts from PY's and LU's on this reflector and 3830 in the past
complaining
about this.
So you ARE at a disadvantage if you try to work everyone compared to a lazy
op
who doesn't care. I don't see how this helps anyone. It means those that
work harder
at making q's can potentially wind up with a lower score than those who just
ignore
weak guys and push "F1". The weaker stations are the biggest loser of all
since even
less people will make the effort to work them. In addition, I also lose if
I am weak and
try to call a station in RDXC who is more interesting in avoiding penalties
than gaining
qso points!
Bob KQ2M
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