Good point, Jon.
I always work and log dupes, even though they are especially irritating to me
but I understand there is a "human factor" involved regardless of the level of
computer assistance or artificial intelligence assistance is applied. In my
specific personal case, you can read that as human error on my part!!
I made a comment about dupes in my 3830 soap box posting which I customarily do
but regardless, work 'em again because as to your point it only takes a few
seconds and may save you a penalty!
73 Joel W5ZN/ZF2ZN
-----Original Message-----
From: Topband <topband-bounces+w5znjoel=gmail.com@contesting.com> On Behalf Of
Jon Zaimes, AA1K via Topband
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2026 10:25 AM
To: TopBand List <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: Contest dupes
Sometime during the second night of this weekend's CQ 160 meter CW contest, I
answered a W station that was calling CQ. They came back with "dupe" though
they were not in my log. I said "no" and sent a report. They came back with
"already worked" and didn't send me a report. I repeated "not in log" and sent
a report. They came back with a time that I was apparently in their log. But
they were not in my log.
Since it was a slow period I persisted and they finally sent me a report. But
this fellow wasted far more of both of our time than if he had just worked me
when I called. There is no penalty for working a dupe -- the log checkers just
ignore duplicates. Had I not persisted, however, this W station would have been
penalized since his alleged QSO was not in my log. So folks, if someone calls
you and you think it is a dupe, just work 'em again. They may have actually
been working someone else, or flubbed entry on the keyboard of your callsign.
Just log it a second time if you think it is a dupe.
73/Jon
Jon P. Zaimes, AA1K
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Felton, Delaware
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