[CQ-Contest] e QSL

[N7MAL]

I have received many emails telling me the benefit of the doubt must go to logging error and send the QSL if the call is reasonably close. Here is a true scenario that has played out no less than 20 times in the past few years.
I call station ABC, he responds N7ML ur 599. If I recognize ABC busted the call I correct it but sometimes in heavy QRM I miss it. Sometimes ABC is actually responding to N7ML and I miss that to especially in a split operation. N7ML, Craig, is a real DXer and Contester, I run across him all the time.
Now I send ABC a card. What is ABC supposed to do, after all N7ML and N7MAL are only off by a letter and the time is right. ABC's only choice is to return my card marked not in the log. I'm sure there are many more similar scenario's with similar calls.
As unpopular as it seems what's in the log is what must be the determining factor.


MAL                 N7MAL
BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Turner 
  To: Kenneth E. Harker ; sawyered at earthlink.net 
  Cc: CQ Contest 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 2:01
  Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] e QSL


  Please allow me to clarify one point. I don't want LoTW to do the 
  "correcting" of logs. If LoTW says no match, there is no match.

  What I DO want is for individuals to submit a corrected log to LoTW when 
  called for. If I submit a QSO with N1AA and later determine it was really 
  N1AU (one dot different) I would resubmit the corrected log to LoTW. I'm 
  not suggesting we make wholesale changes to logs just to provide a QSL, but 
  when we are reasonably certain the contact did take place - with a minor 
  error - it should be confirmed.

  --
  Bill, W6WRT

  _______________________________________________________________

  Original Message:

  At 03:57 PM 5/3/2005, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
  >What if a log-checking algorithm similar to what we use in contests were
  >added to LoTW (assuming it could run on the volume of QSOs in LoTW.)  Would
  >having a dispassionate computer algorithm do the matching consistently for
  >everyone be OK?


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