I would argue that anyone who clarified a written entry during the dupe sheet
process in the paper days (based perhaps on a scribble to the side or maybe
just on knowledge of their own penmanship) really can't complain about a paper
note during real time being used to correct a log afterwards.
This isn't a typing contest. If you copied it and recorded it correctly real
time, in some manner, you're good, in my view.
Anyone, however, is always free to impose upon themselves as tough a
restriction as they choose.
73, Kelly
ve4xt
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 4, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Dick Green <wc1m73@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's still in the rules for ARRL Sweepstakes (rule 2.7). I thought it was in
> the WPX rules, but I don't see it there.
>
> 73, Dick WC1M
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 4, 2012, at 3:47 AM, "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> There is no way to put listening time into a cabrillo log. The log
>> checkers run their own time calculation off the cabrillo. So is the
>> listening time rule still on the books? If it is, it can't be sent in
>> or tabulated. I don't think I've seen that in rules in a long time.
>> Someone know better?
>>
>> 73, Guy.
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Dick Green <wc1m73@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Depends on the contest and whether you count the editing time as part of
>>> the break.
>>>
>>> If it's an unlimited operating time contest, like CQ WW, then editing
>>> during the contest could cut into your operating time, rate, number of
>>> QSOs, etc., so it's perfectly OK. If it happens that the editing occurs
>>> during a break in which you wouldn't be operating anyway (bands closed, too
>>> tired, etc.), then that's OK, too. Bottom line, if you edit during the
>>> contest, it's OK.
>>>
>>> But if it's a time-limited contest, like WPX or SS, then if you edit during
>>> break time you are effectively extending your operating time past the
>>> limit, so it's not OK. It's true that the loggers don't start your
>>> operating clock until the first QSO after a break, but the rules always say
>>> that "listening counts as operating" and the log is supposed to reflect
>>> that. I would say "editing counts as operating.
>>>
>>> 73, Dick WC1M
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>
>>> On Aug 3, 2012, at 3:27 PM, "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger@bellsouth.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> How would you view editing them coming back from a break, but before
>>>> you started calling CQ again?
>>>>
>>>> 73, Guy.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Dick Green <wc1m73@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I've never been in favor of super-strict interpretation of the rules, but
>>>>> I think one can make a legitimate argument that *any* editing of the log
>>>>> after the contest constitutes operating outside the time limits of the
>>>>> contest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Consider this: you typo when entering a call and notice it a few QSOs
>>>>> later. You make a note to correct the log entry after the contest. Why
>>>>> didn't you stop and make the correction when you noticed it? Ah, but that
>>>>> would have caused you to lose time that you would otherwise have spent
>>>>> working stations or looking for new ones. If you were running stations at
>>>>> 200/hr, your rate would drop precipitously and you would lose several
>>>>> QSOs while editing. In effect, you are using time after the contest to
>>>>> maintain rate and work more stations during the contest.
>>>>>
>
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