On 10/11/2010 11:49, KI9A@aol.com wrote:
> ... THEY BROKE the rules by not sending their
> call as part of the exchange!!!
Really, should we make it a federal offense?
> I certainly does not make it right to do
> this, just because you think the rules need changed...
I respectfully suggest that any contest which requires
entrants to duplicate information on-air (for no apparent
good reason - unlike Sprints), but log the same information
once only, might need its rules revised.
> Not sure how many ARRL SS's you have participated in,
I am entitled to comment because -
1. I'm a subscriber to this mailing list
2. I'm an ARRL member
3. I write and sell software which directly supports SS
(and many other contests I have not participated in).
but why are you so
> concerned about this subject?
Because I'm a contester. SS is not a stroll in the park,
it's a contest and, as such, unnecessary repetition tends
to waste time.
> I looked at my notes, I had 14 out of almost 700 stations do this. I
> asked for a fill from each of them, in order to make the QSO legit.
This is on the same level as insisting on others sending
leading zeros in serial numbers. You were asking them to
say or send something that you didn't need, because you
had already typed their callsign in the callsign field of
your logger, and you were not going to type it all over
again - your conscience was clear.
73,
Paul EI5DI
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