At 09:46 PM 4/8/2009, N7mal wrote:
>I've been following this thread and many other similar threads with one and
>only one question: Why do you care how someone else logs you???? There is no
>penalty to you if the other guy copies your exchange wrong. As long as your
>log is OK and has been pointed out your exchange is consistent throughout
>the weekend, why do you care???
Actually, Mal. The way I read the ARRL contest rules, you could be penalized
if the person you work copies your exchange or callsign incorrectly. That
isn't what has been done in the past, but I think it could happen.
http://www.arrl.org/contests/announcements/rules-all.html
Under section 3 of the General Rules for all ARRL Contests, it says:
"3.2. All callsigns and exchange information must be sent, received,
acknowledged and logged correctly by each station for a complete QSO."
and section 7:
"7.2. Score reduction may be made for taking credit for unconfirmed QSOs or
multipliers, duplicate contacts or other scoring discrepancies."
So - after a quick reading, it appears the log checkers could assess penalties
to both sides if one station has something incorrect.
I'm not suggesting that should happen, but it could.
And, I do care if someone copies my exchange or callsign incorrectly. It
matters. The rules say so.
-- Tom
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