Phil,
Usually, all that is needed in most contests to eliminate this issue is
to submit a check log.
If you worked someone, then for his benefit, submit a check log.
Ends all uncertainty.
Les W2LK
Phil Sussman wrote:
> Bill,
>
> The nature of the rules of these contests does leave me cold.
> Don't allow a solo QSO in a contest? How awful. Has the
> contest world become so cruel and heartless as to deny a
> single contact - even if it is valid? Yep!
>
> As a former contester, and yes I was, even winning JARTS
> once on 40m, today I'm sobered by the intrusion of computers
> and cross-checking to the point of lunacy. Modern contesters
> win by thousands of points by sheer mathematical horsepower.
> Yet one single "out of the ordinary" contact is DQ'ed.
>
> To me, that's awful, one individual is important -- for
> without individuals -- what are we? Generalized statistics.
>
> You say: "Make several contacts or none at all." That says
> a lot to me about the state of contesting today. Contesting
> used to be fun -- now it has devolved from friendly competition
> into a serious cut-throat operation where individuals need not
> participate. Some travel to exotic locations to win big by
> scoring huge multipliers -- this at the expense of the little
> guy (like me) who makes one point by making one contact. How sad, eh?
>
> -End of soap box - thanks for reading - now back to reality.
>
> 73 de Phil - N8PS
>
> ------------
>
> Quoting "Bill, W6WRT" <dezrat1242@yahoo.com>:
>
>
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>
>> On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 21:29:09 -0500, Phil Sussman <psussman@pactor.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> This is one of the reasons why I don't usually participate in contests.
>>> My call has been DQ'ed more than once because I would only make one
>>>
>> contact.
>>
>>> Why bother if the one guy I was trying to support couldn't count on me!
>>>
>>> 73 de Phil - N8PS
>>>
>> REPLY:
>>
>> That's a good approach for all non-contesters, Phil. Either make
>> several contacts or none at all.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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