[CQ-Contest] What's BUSTED ?

[Gilmer, Mike]

> Listing QSOs on packet or web clusters as busts is really going too far.
If
> someone has the time to track a K1 and record each bust
> (how does the station know its a bust...a bust only occurs after the log
is
> recorded and checked?)

No, that's when one gets penalized for it. It's busted (wrong) as soon as
one logs it incorrectly.
Your version says that it's not a busted call if one doesn't get caught.
Hmm, maybe that's true.

  then he or she needs to find something else to do
> like work the contest themselves.
>
It's called "gain".  For every busted call an operator flags and re-spots,
he might be saving dozens of others countless minutes and points.  Anyone
with a contest-club mentality but small station might be inclined to do
this.

You're right, though, it's probably not in their own (selfish) best
interest.

Mike N2MG


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