Yup...Daniel has described exactly the scenario
I was testing, but instead of knocking on a wall,
#2 operator was sitting next to me on a networked
#2 computer. When #1 was transmitting, #2 could
wait, and vice-versa. But the serial #'s got hosed
in the process if either op was in the middle of a
QSO!
If anyone worked the entire contest that way,
it could very well invalidate their entire log!!!
Wonder what a negative score would look like...
--- "Violette, Daniel R"
<Daniel.Violette@West.Boeing.com> wrote:
>
> We had it happen once too. We did not read the new
> rules soon enough to see
> the unlimited band change rule for Multi-Single, so
> we used a beat on wall
> signal and only did it for 1 hour on 40M run and 80M
> S&P (I am too young to
> have an octupus laying around). Well, I had
> remembered people suggesting
> that serial numbers be 'reserved' because this can
> happen and I was watching
> out for it on the very few Q's we made in the second
> radio. Here is how it
> went:
>
> station a=cq radio, b=s&p radio (need to look at log
> to get all the specific
> details)
>
> A: CQ on 40M
> B: Finding a new one on 80M
> A: gets called by N6BF (something like that)
> A: give N6BF exchange with #518 (I seem to remember)
> B: beats on wall and calls K7RAT (that I remember)
> A: type in exchange from N6BF and pause while....
> B: gives K7RAT #518 in exchange by hitting enter
> A: hits enter to QSL and number is now #519 but gave
> #518
>
> We stopped trying this. Only looking for mults on
> second station. With one
> op this would be tough to do, doing 2 exchanges at a
> time.
>
> Dan KI6X (@K6NX)
> > ----------
> > From: George Fremin III[SMTP:geoiii@kkn.net]
> > Reply To: geoiii@kkn.net
> > Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 9:13 AM
> > To: dawley@execpc.com
> > Cc: trlog@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: [TRLog] Serial #, Pathological
> behavior in a network
> >
> >
> > Scott Dawley writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > I was playing around last night after the
> contest
> > > to simulate two radios in the SS, each radio
> > > pausing when/if the other is finishing a QSO.
> > >
> > > What I found is that EVEN IF you keep only one
> > > transmitter on the air at a time, you can get
> > > both radios to send the SAME SERIAL # to two
> > > different stations. This occurs if one station
> > > is in the middle of a QSO (say, copying the
> > > exchange) and the other station is sending
> > > an exchange.
> > >
> >
> > Maybe you should explain the steps you used to
> > cause this to happen. I do not know anyway to do
> this.
> >
> > I watched N5KO make 322 2nd radio QSOs this past
> weekend
> > and I dont think he was able to make the program
> do what
> > you describe.
> >
> > > The obvious one is to not jump back and forth
> between
> > > radios mid-QSO, but that makes for less
> efficient
> > > use of time.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
> >
> > How are you making two radio QSOs.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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