[CQ-Contest] QSO B4

[Barry]

IMO, the only solution is from the DX end - if a "dupe" calls you, 
you work him again and not argue about being a dupe. 
A not uncommon scenario:
DX: IR4T QRZ listening 7200
ME: W2UP
DX: W2UP worked before QRZ
ME: my response lost to W3LPL calling in now
DX: W3LPL 5914
W3LPL: 595
DX: TNX QRZ (as an aside, just as bad as not IDing is not stating 
your listening freq each time you QRZ)
ME: W2UP
DX: W2UP I already told you we worked before
ME: No we haven't. You not in my log
and so on...

Bottom line - work the "dupe." Otherwise there's a good chance you've 
lost 3 QSOs for a N-I-L (and wasted extra time explaining yourself)
Barry

On 4 Sep 2003 Mike Gilmer wrote:

> The big problem is even knowing there are two stations listening on the same
> freq.  Most times one would not know this was happening, so there's nothing
> "special" one can do.
> 
> Sending the other station's call seems the only thing one can do, and for it
> to be effective, it seems it must be done whenever there's a high likelihood
> of this happening (like ALL the time on 40 phone in a DX contest).
> 
> However, if somehow you *know* there are two guys listening on one freq.,
> and both come back to you, I would just log them both.  Two QSOs for one
> "over" is quite efficient.  Doesn't work quite so well in a serial number
> contest, though... Regardless, this is pretty rare, IMO.
> 
> Now, something that is less rare... suppose you are on 40SSB in CQWW, and
> call IR4T and he says QSO B4, and he isn't in your log, nor is there
> anything close.  He tells you that you worked at 03:44Z the previous day,
> and you were on 40 then, but still cannot find a match.  Two things can
> happen:
> 
> 1.0) He does the smart thing and works you "again" and now you are in each
> other's logs.
> 2.0) He gives you a hard time and won't work you again. So, you can either:
>      2.1) go away and not log him.  You lose one QSO, but <hand wringing> he
> loses four.
>      2.2) log him anyway - is that not the "smart" thing since "logged QSO
> time" seems to not be an issue in log checking (yet)?
> 
> 73 Mike N2MG
> 
> 
> K4JRB wrote:
> > If say D44TD and IR4T are both listening on the same frequency how do you
> > stop this duplication?   Sometimes it is not prudent to start with their
> > call ( D44TD this is K4JRB) but its the only way I know to stop the B4.
> 
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
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