[CQ-Contest] Busting Packet

[VR2BrettGraham]

W8JI recently described this log checking nightmare:

>Recently a bunch of people busted ZL3REX's call in a contest, and
>a KL7 got it right. Since ZL3REX was not in the callbook (even
>though it is the good call) and ZL2REX was in the callbook (even
>though it is a bad call) all the people who logged the contact
>incorrectly got credit.
>
>Anyone who logged it wrong received credit. At least one person
>who logged it right had it tossed. I'd bet this happens more than we
>imagine.

Which is precisely why I check the log checking.  There is almost
always something that gets thrown out that shouldn't.  Whilst it is
said that log checking errors probably come out as a wash at the
end of the day because the checkers will not have caught everything
bad in a log, there is something about having a perfectly good Q
thrown out (along with potential penalty Qs) that I find hard to accept.

73, VR2BrettGraham


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