[CQ-Contest] Re: copying weak signals was: K4OJ's problem

[Dallas Carter]

----- Original Message -----
From: Dallas Carter <ludal at dmv.com>
To: Ron Wetjen <wd4ahz at gte.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: copying weak signals was: K4OJ's problem


> The answer is really quite simple.  The rules require a serial number.
> If you interpret AEET as 1550 then log 1550.  If you interpret it
> as AEET then you have not received a serial number.
>
> From another angle, AEET is 1550 in cut numbers.  The rules do
> not specify how the numbers are to be sent.  The rules do require
> you to log a serial number, and to be literate it must be logged as 1550.
> If you don't want to log 1550, then hit alt-W.
>
> 73, Dallas W3PP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron Wetjen <wd4ahz at gte.net>
> To: <K0LUZ at topsusa.com>
> Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 3:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Re: copying weak signals was: K4OJ's problem
>
>
> >
> > K0LUZ wrote:
> >
> > > Considering the penalties for bad qso's,  you would think it
> > > would be important to be accurate instead of just fast.  Cut serial
> > > numbers create more doubt than the real thing!
> >
> > Ahhh ... but there's the problem.
> >
> > A guy sends AEET
> >
> > His log says he sent 1550 (but he "really" sent AEET!)
> >
> > Now, if you actually log what was sent ... AEET ... that would be wrong.
> > (Why?  That's what the guy sent, wasn't it?)
> >
> > Now, instead, one has to "guess" that AEET is supposed to mean 1550 ...
> > if you guess wrong, you still get dinged.  (Remember, the other guys log
> > shows he sent 1550, but he really sent AEET!)
> >
> > I think, we should log cut numbers AS SENT ... and what we receive and
> > log (as an obvious cut number) does not match the 1550 his log says he
> > sent, the guy sending the cut number should lose the QSO.  After all,
> > HIS log says he sent 1550 ... my log says he sent AEET ... why is mine
> > wrong?
> >
> > That'll stop the practice in a hurry.
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
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>


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