[CQ-Contest] CQWW and Signal Reports

Gary Ferdinand W2CS W2CS at bellsouth.net
Wed Oct 30 13:46:35 EST 2002


No administrative changes needed.  If the complete exchange is not given,
just go on with the run, but delete the Q.  When the UBNs are tallied...

No flames, please :-)

73,

Gary W2CS


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-admin at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-admin at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Dale L Martin
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 10:46 AM
> To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> Subject: RE: [CQ-Contest] CQWW and Signal Reports
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> > In the major contests, QSO rate is everything.
>
>
> If rate is everything, then why would someone intentionally throw
> a curve to
> unwary participants by giving an incorrect and incomplete exchange?  The
> rules say the exchange comprises the RS(T) and zone; not 'thank you' and
> zone.
>
> When the receiving operator doesn't hear what he/she expects to hear, it
> causes disruption to the flow of operating--it doesn't matter if
> the logging
> software automatically puts in a default RS(T).
>
> I believe change should be sought administratively through means
> external to
> the actual contest operation.
>
> Why screw things up for others?
>
> 73,
> dale, kg5u
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