[CQ-Contest] CQWW PHONE UBNs

[Jan Erik Holm]

One explanation to the NIL deal.
During 2004 WW CW at CN2KM I lost about 30 Q´s due
to a software problem, a 10 minute time slot is gone
due too software bug.
Machines are next to perfect but humans are not, humans
do write software and operate computers and humans do
make misstakes.
I´m sorry for the 30 Q´s that went out in the bit jungle,
30 poor souls lost a multiplier and I lost some points.

73 Jim SM2EKM / CN2KM
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Barry wrote:

> Steve,
> Several years ago, I recorded the entire contest in Writelog and went 
> back and listened to every QSO in the UBN.  It's so easy with the 
> file indexed by callsign.
> 
> My experience in listening to the audio clips from busted calls is 
> about 50% I copied correctly, but they're still busted (guy on the 
> other end sent his own call wrong?)  The most perplexing ones are the 
> NILs where you can hear the guy come back to you.  Why it never made 
> the log remains a mystery.
> 73,
> Barry W2UP
>