[CQ-Contest] Re: CW Speed and error handling, etc.

[Dick Green]

> I think it would real interesting to see what happened if QSO's got
> deleted from the log if EITHER station messed up the exchange.

I've been thinking exactly the same thing, especially for Sweepstakes. Of
course, rates would be lower due to QRS and extra fills, you could never be
absolutely sure the other guy got it right, and you lose if the other guy is
a lid. But there would be a heck of a lot more incentive to get it right,
which should be a paradigm of contesting. Besides, all ops would be faced
with the same set of skills on the other side, so the playing field would be
level.

While we're on the subject, the one-letter-wrong-in-the-call thing is kind
of silly -- either he got it right or he didn't. What difference does it
make whether one letter or two are wrong (aside from the fact that
two-letter errors are harder for the log check program to correlate with a
given call)? How many high-speed ops have heard the other guy get one letter
of their call wrong and think, "I'll still get credit for the QSO and it's
not worth my time to correct the call for him"?)

If we justify contesting by claiming that it prepares us for emergency
operations, then we have an obligation to ensure that the rules encourage
accurate communications.

73, Dick WC1M