[CQ-Contest] "Worked Before" stupidities

[Ernesto Grueneberg LU2BRG]

-----Original Message-----
De: John Devoldere (ON4UN) <john.devoldere at innet.be>
Para: cq-contest at contesting.com <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Fecha: Martes 6 de Enero de 1998 05:10
Asunto: [CQ-Contest] "Worked Before" stupidities


>I get very excited when someone, be it on CW, Phone or RTTY comes back to
>my calls and sends "Worked Before"... Well, If he would be in my log, I
>would not call him! I know this has been discussed before, and most, after
>having explained that "they" are not in "our" log, give me "another"
report.
>
>Some profer to argue for 5 minutes instead of giving a report which takes
>10 seconds...
>
>The worst experience I recall was this weekend in the ARRL RTTY Roundup
>with CT4NH who flatly kept refusing to gives us a report, because "WKD
>B4"... He and we must have lost at least 10 minutes in this thing, but he
>refused to give us "another" report...
>
>Are some people so "st..." that they don't understand that because someone
>is in their log, it not neccesarily means that "they" are in "our" log...
>
>I get excited everytime someone refuses "another" QSO.
>
>When someone calls us who's already in our log, we just work him. That
>fair, fast and smart. The computer program will indicate it as a dupe.
>Everybody is happy.
>
>73
>
>John, ON4UN


I agree. Nevertheless, I think I finally discovered the main reason (at
least here in LU) why people refuses to make what they think will be a
duplicate QSO. Seems, because of language problems, the rule that states
that if a log has more than 3% of duplicates UNMARKED, that log can be
disqualified. Many guys here doesen't understand that you can make as many
dupes as you like as long as you mark those in your log.
So, when you get a sri qso b4 answer that could be the reason.

PS: I believe that stupid is a little strong word in this case.

Ernesto Grueneberg LU2BRG (ex LU6BEG)
Other calls used: LU6BEG/PY, ZP5/LU6BEG, ZP5/LU2BRG, L3CW, ZP5XF, LW2DFM,
LU4FM, LP4H, L70FM, LP4F, LT1F, LS0A, L73AA, AY1A, L40A, L20A, LU4AA, LU2DW,
LU7FJ, LU6ETB, LT6E.
lu2brg at cvtci.com.ar






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