[CQ-Contest] Super-duper-pooper check database function of TR,

[Pete Smith]

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At 08:47 AM 5/7/99 -0700, n6tr at teleport.com wrote:
>
>> So now we need to do a survey and see if those people using TR 
>> with an exchange database did better than those without.
>
>My experience with this feature is that there are two problems with it:
>
>1. The data changes more from year to year than you error rate.
>2. It distracts you too much from listening to what is being sent.
>
>For me, I think I have a LOWER error rate without it.

Yes, but you're a lot better contest op than I -- despite year-to-year
changes and some recurring problems with miscopied calls that get into the
database, I find SCP a big help for prodding my aging memory as to who that
80 cw signal *must* be. 

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr at contesting.com 

Loud is.

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