[CQ-Contest] Practical application of UBN knowledge

Doug KR2Q DougKR2Q at aol.com
Wed Mar 18 09:16:05 EST 1998


In a message dated 98-03-18 01:38:49 EST, Steve Maki wrote:

<< In the future, all qso's will be logged here. >>

What an EXCELLENT concept!  :-)

It is hard to understand why someone would NOT log a same-country qso (zero
pointer).  If you going to bother to take the time to WORK the guy, doesn't it
take LESS than to put him in the log?  And don't you do that SIMULTANEOUSLY
while working the guy?

Let's see:

Whiskey Nancy Four Kilo Kilo Nancy Five Nine Five:

Gee...it took me TWICE as long to say it as it did to type it and hit the
ENTER key.

Kilo Two Mike Mike Five Nine Three

Even with that SHORT call, it took me LONGER to say it than log it.

N2AA  Q S O before

Hmmm...that took longer to say than log too!

And on CW, isn't the callsign already in your callsign field by the time you
realize it either a dupe or a zero pointer?

Is there a pattern here?   ;-)

de Doug KR2Q


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