[CQ-Contest] Dupes

[Yuri Onipko]

> In contests where serial numbers are given, it is very easy to figure
> out who is really competing and those that are just giving out QSO's.
> 95%+ of the dupes are from people that give out low numbers. That
> indicates they are not using software to log the QSO's, or failing to
> use dupe sheets (remember them?) Telling somebody they are a dupe  cuts
> into your competition time,  not theirs. The other percentage  of dupes
> are from busted calls, and yes, even the good operators do bust calls.
> In WPX, I never S/P. I only run. Yet I get 9% dupes. How many guys have
> similar calls like mine???
> All that matters is "keep the rate up."
> Aloha, Al
>

Hi Al
At the same time 9% of 4000 QSO is 360 Q's which is at least 2 hours of good
run...

73  Yuri  VA3UZ


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