I've won the NYC-LI section award two times in the ARRLDX-CW
contest.......This took me a long time as I have just a average
station.....so I'm am very proud of the award....when the QSL cards show up
I've had a few "busted calls" but mostly EU's claiming credit for QSO's that
did not take place....they go back as NIL...
JIM
> > 5. Arguing about specific instances in YOUR log is a lot less useful to
> the
> > groups on these reflectors than understanding how the log checkers check
> the
> > logs when you submit them and how they take away the QSO's.
>
> About a year ago I asked a naive question of a major contest sponsor. He
> told me that he would tell me a little of how they check logs, but also
> explained that unfortunately contest sponsors are reluctant to
> explain -exactly- how the logs are checked. He went on to explain how
there
> are actually those who would game the system. Armed with the knowledge of
> what the checkers are looking for, these unscruptulous ops would insert
> bogus calls into their log in certain paterns etc. Pretty crappy, eh?
>
> Anyway, be kind to the checkers. If you lose a plaque by 1 QSO, I'd ask
> politely about the how/when/why of the logic used, but otherwise I'd like
to
> assume we're all honest and that the checkers have our best -overall-
> interests at heart! 73
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