[CQ-Contest] e QSL

[Zack Widup]

I agree; the situation can get complicated.

If the "busted" callsign is an assigned callsign, probably that station 
should be contacted if there's a question by whoever is handling the DX 
cards.  Maybe that person wasn't in the pileup.  Maybe that person isn't 
even a DXer.  That would simplify things.  But if that person claimed a 
QSO around the same time/date/frequency, then it could be complicated.

But what of the situation (which I've actually encountered) where the 
busted callsign is unassigned?

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, 4 May 2005, N7MAL wrote:

> 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