[CQ-Contest] e qsl
Bill Turner
dezrat1242 at ispwest.com
Tue May 3 13:01:28 EDT 2005
I understand your point of view Mal, and I respect your desire for maximum
integrity of logs. Where we differ is on what constitutes a valid log
entry. As I see it, a log with an invalid call sign is worse than no log at
all. People make mistakes, and when the mistake can be rectified, it should
be. I don't recommend making log changes willy-nilly, but when there is
reasonable doubt of a log's entry and a reasonable means of correcting it,
it should be done.
--
Bill, W6WRT
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Original Message:
At 09:53 AM 5/3/2005, N7MAL wrote:
>Hi Bill: Yes it should not count even if you blew it. I've been at this
>almost 50 years so I go back to the time before computers. Over the years
>I've had cards returned marked not in the log when I'm 110% sure I worked
>the guy. In those days the excuse was "couldn't read my handwriting",
>today it is "I typed it wrong". No matter what the excuse it is still not
>a match. The log is the final determining authority and that is one of the
>reasons I'm so 'high' on LOTW. Once we start post-editing logs whether
>they be contest or expeditions then we have begun a slide down a slippery
>slope. If we begin questioning the integrity of the log then contest wins
>and DXCC become meaningless. In the modern age of cabrillo and LOTW if I
>get a contest certificate or DXCC it's real, it has integrity because the
>logs match.
>If it doesn't match it's not a contact.
>73
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