[CQ-Contest] Work 'Em Dupes...

[Lee Hiers, AA4GA]

On 26 Jan 98, Jimmy D. Roller wrote:

> In the contest, I made 606 QSOs in a less than full time effort. Out of
> those 606 Qs, 28 were duplicate contacts for a percentage of 4.6
> percent. I'm used to having at most 1 or 2 dupes in my log at the end,

Well, you picked a great contest for illustrating why you should log
the dupes!  We always experience much greater dupe rates in the 160
contests.  I suspect the added noise is the culprit.  Repeat your
experiment with a contest on higher frequencies and I suspect you
won't be as badly bent out-of-shape!  ;-)

> 1) One poor misguided soul in a neighboring state answered my CQ
> and was worked *four* times. If this isn't a record, it's a darned
> good average! 

Unfortunately, four is not a record.....

We normally spend most of our time at W4WA CQing in the 160 contests 
and always get a lot of dupes.  This time we did a lot more S&Ping, 
and our dupe rate was somewhat less.

See you on all bands in the SS!         ;-)

73 de Lee


 
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