[CQ-Contest] Re: Dupes and computer logs

[Jan.E.Holm at telia.se]

     Well it´s difficult to get a low error rate. One example, sometimes
     when I just work for fun and not for score I test people like this:
     I will deliberate get on letter wrong in the call, I do this to 
check
     how many that will correct me. You would be surprised to find
     how many that simply ignores to correct me. I usually then will
     ask them why they didn´t correct but most simply has no
     explanation. So what´s going on here, I don´t know. Difficult
     to defend against.
     
     de Jim SM2EKM
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Looks I replied to the sender, not to the reflector.. disregard if it's
dupe...

Whenever I'm not sure I ask, ask and ask... Sometimes I stop pileup 
just to
get that call correct. Whenever I think that I may get it, I try. If it
looks that it's fading out, I tell him to call later. But, I still find
(around 1%) of BAD calls in my log. Sometimes I have no doubts that I 
heard
W2CE,  I reply to W2CE 59920 and I get back 5995. After a year I get a 
QSL
from W2CI, who is not in the log, but I find W2CE at the same
date/time/frequency... Coincidence??? Maybe, but 99 % not. UBN shows me 
with
a high accuracy those bad calls and tells me that our ears, whatever we 
may
think of OUR EARS, are not perfect. I applaud to UBN for those who want 
to
look at it it is a helpful information, but also think that post contest
editing (listening to your recorded files, checking partials etc) is not
fair. I want human, not machine results, to be listed. So, the sooner 
you
submit your log, the better chance that it will be a fair one.

Ivo 5B4ADA/C4A
ex S542B/W6Q

> That's easy...you don't!  If you didn't get the call, you didn't make 
a
qso.
> Don't forget, the onus is also on the station you're trying to log to 
make
> sure you got his call correct.  If you're not sure, ask again.  If 
you're
> still not sure and he won't answer you again, do NOT log it.





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