Quoting from the message of Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:01:44 -0500 from "Robert
Chudek" <k0rc@pclink.com> :
> Graham,
> You don't need to put that flame suit on... this is a perfectly
> legitimate complaint... and actually I had not considered the
> possibility that someone might have lost their log in a computer
> fiasco. But, on the other hand, I always work dupes. On phone I might
> question the caller if he's showing a dupe, but on CW I just log the
> contact and move on.
> Your message brings up my recent experience in the Pennsylvania QSO
> Party. I was working stations on CW and came across one "headquarters"
> station that gave me the dreaded QSO B4 message. Well, I couldn't find
> him in my log B4, and things were slow at that time so I decided to
> "play this one out".
> I spent about 15 minutes going back and forth with him trying to get a
> QSO number or time stamp. He gave me a serial number that was 6 QSO's
> higher than my next number! He then asked for my section, I gave it to
> him, and never got any response. I'd ask a question, there would be a
> 1 or 2 minute pause, and then an answer. It became more humorous as
> each minute ticked by. Eventually, a quarter of an hour was wasted! He
> finally "just went away" and never put me in his log.
> I wasn't a serious contender in this event so I decided to review my
> log to see if I could figure out the problem. Maybe the problem WAS on
> my end! Sure enough, I found him in the log.
> But... the problem I found was when I worked him 8 hours previous, he
> was not signing with the "portable M" designator. When I typed the
> callsign WITH the portable designator the software on my end did not
> show a dupe.
> Lessons learned:
> 1) Don't change your station callsign during the contest (P5AZ is not
> the same as P5AZ/M)
> 2) Work anyone who calls you; a dupe, a zero point QSO, whatever
> 3) Don't become overconfident the problem is at the "other end"
> It's nice to have a contesting refresher course before the "biggies"
> begin this fall! I hope to have you in my log, even if QSO B4 OM! I
> can never get enough M5's in my log.
> 73 de Bob - KØRC in MN
Thanks for that 'Vote of Confidence' Bob - see you in JARTS [probably as
G8UYD again]
73 Graham
--
_______________________________________________
RTTY mailing list
RTTY@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/rtty
|