I worked someone, actually a club station, three times this weekend. Each
time, they called me. I worked them. Hopefully one of them will be in the
log.
Ed Parish, K1EP
k1ep@arrl.net
On Mon, Jan 26, 2026, 13:47 <w5znjoel@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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