[CQ-Contest] CQWW Logging Question

[Dallas Carter]

To quote a wise old contester, QRP is not part of a call sign.
Therefore it does not get logged, and does not go on the QSL
card either.  How do I know what power the station was running?
That information should be included on the award application
for him/her to certify.  On the other hand, /P, /M, ,MM (lookout
Scotland) and /# ARE part of the call.  Log checking s/w for the
majors should, IMHO, ignore these.

Dallas W3PP

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Reisert <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>
To: <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQWW Logging Question


>
> I disagree with this.  You should log the callsign as it's heard on the
> air.  If you hear "HB0 stroke DL7ALM stroke portable" then you should
enter
> HB0/DL7AlM/P in your log.   Similarly if you hear "W1JR QRP" then log
> "W1JR/QRP".
>
> The logging software should be smart enough to ignore parts of the
callsign
> that do not affect its country status, in determining the multiplier.
>
> The log checking software should be lenient enough to recognize that
> W1JR/QRP and W1JR are the same station, and to not penalize a station for
> logging the extra designation (or not).
>
> The bottom line, log what the other station sends.  He may want a QSL in
> return that has that designation, for example, he's trying to work DXCC
all
> mobile or QRP.  Nowadays when we print QSL labels instead of hand-writing
> the information, the special designator will get lost otherwise.  Or will
> appear forged if hand-written onto the printed label after the fact.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> At 04:17 AM 11/2/2001 +0000, GERALD A TREAS wrote:
> >First, I only log those type of portable references that are important to
> >the
> >contest, for scoring or multiplier.  /QRP does not, so I do not log
> >it.  The
> >same with /p, or /m, those are a waste of time and won't affect scoring,
> >except in detrimental ways, like in your case.
>
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