When I've used pre-fills, that's what keeps me awake :-).
I've noticed many people change their CK year over year and of course
different PREC.
My error rate will probably go up this year as I give SO2R a try, not
because of pre-fills....
Steve
Steve,
Just one data point in support of Randy.
I have found that my "CK" report sometimes needs adjustment year-to-year.
Then that years UBN report of "others copying error" shows an
inordinate number of cases where the operater was caught in a time
warp and copied my last years "CK" as it was before the adjustment.
73, de Hans, K0hb
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Steve Dyer <w1srd@yahoo.com
<mailto:w1srd@yahoo.com>> wrote:
Randy,
Sounds good (sic), but any data to support your hypothesis?
73,
Steve
W1SRD
> Advice to anyone that wants to have maximum accuracy in their
log. Do not use a prefill database. Listen to what is sent and log it.
>
> I know this sounds flip, but the prefill tends to lull users
into not listening as well as they could. Especially in SS where
any of the 3 fixed exchange elements could change from a previous
year!
>
> Randy, K5ZD
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WriteLog [mailto:writelog-bounces@contesting.com] On
Behalf Of Gary
>> AL9A
>> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 7:52 PM
>> To: WriteLog Reflector
>> Subject: [WriteLog] Yet another SS CW prefill file
>>
>> I just picked up a lead this afternoon from another reflector
about a
>> prefill adi file for SS CW that is maintained by the PVRC North
Carolina
>> chapter. Apparently this file is a compilation of multiple
years worth
>> of ARRL SS results history that contains both CW and SSB
history. This
>> file contains 8,624 calls in the file, significantly larger
than my adi
>> prefill file of 1,291 calls which is based on only CW calls
from the 2012
>> contest.
>>
>> There is a caveat about the accuracy of this history file, so
be aware
>> that while you may get more “hits” with this file there is a higher
>> probability that some of the data may be outdated and you will
have to
>> carefully verify what the station is sending this year and edit any
>> fields that may be in error. Also, due to “conflicting issues”,
the PVRC
>> data is only through the 2011 contest season and doesn’t
contain any
>> history from 2012. And no, I don’t have the time to try and
merge my
>> 2012 file with the PVRC file to add the missing 2012 info!
>>
>> I have downloaded the file and played with it a bit and it does
work.
>> There are three different versions of the prefill file on the
web site –
>> WriteLog, NIMM and TR/TR4W. Be sure to select the correct file.
I will
>> probably try running with this file in the contest. If it
proves too
>> troublesome due to data accuracy issues I will switch back to
my 2012
>> history file and just get the missing ones off the air.
>>
>> http://pvrcnc.org/
>>
>> 73,
>> Gary AL9A
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