I had one fellow work me and give me his number 2. Within fifteen minutes
he was back and called multiple times. Despite my telling him he was a DUPE
he persisted in calling over and over. Out of frustration I worked him
again. He gave me his number 4! What can I say?
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message -----
From: "James C. Hall, MD" <heartdoc@nwtcc.com>
To: "'RTTY Reflector'" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: February 13, 2012 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Dupes how to handle
> This is really hard to take sometimes. I had a dupe rate of 1.7% - in this
> day and age of computer logging, this seems WAY too high. There was one K4
> who was about to get on my last nerve who was a dupe TWICE on one band !
> And
> I took the time to type him and tell him he was a dupe AGAIN ! One G3 was
> quite apologetic about being a dupe and others figured it out but only
> after
> I called them and they disappeared. If more than one is calling and one is
> a
> dupe, I try to ignore them, but if they're persistent, I go ahead and work
> them - they may have gotten, or I may have gotten, a call wrong the first
> time.
>
> 73, Jamie
> WB4YDL
>
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