[CQ-Contest] QSO B4... NO YOU DIDN'T!

[George Fremin III]

Tom Hammond writes:
> Having a Q 'in the log' is fine, BUT does it matter if it's 'in
> the log' at the RIGHT DATE/TIME...???

I am pretty sure that some contests only look at callsigns
and they dont really care about the times.


> What if the guy who thinks you're a dupe has you in his log on
> 12/07 (the date when you did NOT work him) and he (really) works 
> you again on 12/08 as a courtesy to you because you say he's not
> on YOUR log.  Now, when he does a post-contest cleanup, his
> software marks the 12/08 Q as a DUPE and removes(!) it from his 
> log.
> 

Why would his software remove it fromt he log - it should only
mark it as a DUPE and give it zero points.

I have found it eaiser and faster to work dupes that call me when I am 
CQing in every contest except for SS - in SS I will tell them they are
a dupe and give them the QSO number they gave me so they can check 
their log.  The contest software I use lets me work dupes while
I am CQing and makes it hard for me to work a dupe when I am searching 
and poaching.


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