[CQ-Contest] 3 QSO penalty

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 09:31:34AM -0400, Bill Coleman wrote:
> 
> >I realize that this is a bit of burden on the serious competitor.  In a
> >paper log, one might just make a line through the call and go on.  This is
> >a little more difficult in computer logging.  Perhaps the contest software
> >vendors can add a "no credit" function that will retain the band/time/call
> >information, but not the QSO points or multiplier credit. 
> 
> Part of the problem isn't the software -- but with the reporting format. 
> Cabrillo, despite it's other fine qualities, has no way to report "no 
> credit" QSOs. The alternative is to report them, and suffer the 
> consequences of possible penalties, or to delete them, which is unfair to 
> the other party who acted in good faith.

I've never understood why "almost" QSOs or "one-way" QSOs or "not quite" 
QSOs should be logged at all, even at zero points.  If you're not confident 
that the QSO happened, don't log it.  This doesn't penalize the other 
station at all unless the other station also decides to log an "almost" 
or "one-way" or "not quite" QSO.

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