[CQ-Contest] 3 QSO penalty

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 10:02:35PM -0400, Guy Olinger, K2AV wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker at cs.utexas.edu>
> 
> > So, in this case, you log what you can.  You made a QSO and if you
> fail to
> > log it, that's not really ethical.  Why should you be able to "opt
> out"
> > of a contact after the fact?  Why should you not be penalized for
> making an
> > error like you describe?  Screwing up like that is, in my opinion, no
> > different than busting a callsign or an exchange but not realizing it
> until
> > later.
> 
> Not so quick.
> 
> What you are saying is that if we type it in the computer, we have to
> keep it?

No, but if you give the other station reason to believe that you have all
the information and no longer need repeats or fills (i.e. sending "TU QRZ K2AV 
CONTEST") and then remove the QSO from your log, I would consider that a 
problem.  

> What about the obvious conundrum, bandied about considerably, that
> unless we KNOW it's a QSO, we're not supposed to log it. We are talking
> about a contact you claim in other email is NOTa QSO in any sense under
> the rules.

A completed QSO is not the same as a completed QSO with perfect information
exchange.  A completed QSO should always be logged.  Ideally, all completed 
QSOs should have perfect information exchange.  If, after completing a QSO,
you realize it has imperfect information, I don't think you should just remove 
it.  That's like committing a foul in basketball and then saying "oops, I
didn't mean to do that, let's not count it."

> You can't have both of these in the same logical rule space.
> 
> 
> 73,  Guy.
> 
> 
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