That's why I logged it as "VRONA", then edited it to be VERONA in the
Cabrillo file.
73, Dick WC1M
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Maass [mailto:jmaass@columbus.rr.com]
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 8:03 PM
> To: N7MAL; cq-contest@contesting.com
> Cc: ct-user@contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] Log checking Revisited
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
> > [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of N7MAL
> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 18:20
> > To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> > Cc: ct-user@contesting.com
> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Log checking Revisited
> >
> >
> > Regarding the recent thread where it appears log checkers have
> > some latitude
> > in determining whether we copy an exchange correctly or incorrectly.
> > Here is an excerpt from this weekend with PJ2HQ. CT did not
> allow enough
> > room to type the exchange and as a result I result I could be
> > penalized even
> > though I copied the exchange correctly(VERONA).
> > PJ2HQ 599 VERON (This from the Cabrillo file)
> >
> > I participate for fun but for some of the 'big-guns' one or more
> > points reduced because the logging software didn't leave room could
> > spell doom.
> >
> > MAL N7MAL
>
>
> Writelog had the same problem, and it's complicated by the
> fact that 'VERON' is the legitimate HQ abbreviation for PA6HQ in the
> Netherlands, while 'VERONA' is a different multiplier, for
> PJ2HQ in the Netherlands Antilles. Thus, the truncation is
> liable to go
> uncaught with automated checking.
>
> BTW, QSL for PJ2HQ is via N9AG.
>
> 73,
> Jeff Maass K8ND
>
> Caribbean Contesting Consortium - PJ2T
> http://www.pj2t.org
> http://home.columbus.rr.com/jmaass/Radio/PJ2T_Aerial.htm
>
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