[CQ-Contest] Dupes and computer logs

[Guy Olinger]

Well, I'm going to ask this question again. I've never gotten an answer.

Let's say that I work W7W?Y. I never for sure get the call right. He
fades out, or the pileup that forms after I discover him and call him
buries him.

HOW DO I LEAVE IT IN THE LOG SO

   1) It's clear to the contest committee that I have no intention of
claiming credit and I'm not criminally trying to sneak in a point.

   2) W7WHY doesn't get penalized for claiming a nil QSO. After all he
didn't do anything wrong.

   3) If I later work W7WHY (and since not intending to claim credit for
the first, and for that matter not sure it was him I tried to work the
first time) not have it dumped as a duplicate to an earlier QSO that I
got penalized for that I was trying not to claim.

  4) Something simple and clear to "NO CLAIM" the QSO in TR and in the
Cabrillo Format.

IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.

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Regards, Guy
k2av at contesting.com
Apex, NC

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Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Dupes and computer logs


>
> > As long as you ignore the right one.  IF you keep the one that
> > isn't in the other guy's log and through out the one that is,
> > then you might get a NIL.  I certainly hope that the software
> > doesn't work that way.
>
> This is an important point.  When a NIL is found - the software needs
> to "undupe" the second QSO and try again.  If a match is found, then
> the first QSO is marked as a dupe.
>
> Again, this has been a constant feature of the software I have
> written.
>
> Tree
>
>
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