[CQ-Contest] ARRL 10m prediction

[Mike Clarson]

I understand Steve's pain. With my call, WV2ZOW, on phone, when running low
power and being "arielly" challenged, many of the high QSO rate guys will
give me one or two tries, and, I get the sense they pretend they copied me
correctly so they can move on to the next QSO. They get the call wrong
several times, then just give me a "QSL" and a "QRZ" without repeating my
call. If it doesn't appear in their log at all, I am sure I lose the point!
I like s/n as part of the exchange, that way I can stick around for the next
QSO to see if I have a log entry on the other side. I don't seem to have
this problem in the prefix contest, however. --Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of kd4d at comcast.net
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:06 AM
To: CQ-Contest
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] ARRL 10m prediction


Hi Steve:

Your QSO's will almost certainly count.  Except for the Sprint, I'm not
aware of any contests that penalize you if the other station busts your
call or exchange.  As long as they logged something close, you'll be
fine.

I always request the UBN reports from the contests that provide them.
It provides nice feedback.  I think the ARRL even indicates how many
other stations busted your call or exchange...

Don't worry.  The other stations will get gigged, but you shouldn't.

73,

Mark, KD4D


> i think i am going to have one of the most busted calls in the contest.
KB3KAQ
> is either going to be KA3AQ or KB6KAQ or some other variation.  instead of
my
> correct MD, it will end up as MA.
>
> why?
>
> because so many stations do not verify the call or exchange info before
moving
> to the next station in an effort to keep their rates high.  what the heck
is the
> point of exchanging info if you are not taking care to copy the exchange
or
> callsign correctly.  several of these are the only qso i had with that
mult and
> i am certain that my qso will not count and now my score will suffer.
>
> but it's just a hobby....
>
> -steve
> KB3KAQ
>