[CQ-Contest] Uniques in WRTC

[Alan Zack]

Could it be the op at the HQ Sta wanted to call you with his home call 
to get a QSL card from W1AW?

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

>As an only vaguely relevant data point...
>
>I made about 2/3 of the 40 CW contacts at W1AW/4.  
>
>Late Saturday night, a HQ station in a small country called.  We
>exchanged the normal data and signed.
>
>Immediately afterwards, another "regular" station in the same country
>called.  He was on *exactly* the same frequency, *exactly* equal in
>signal strength, had *exactly* the same code speed, and *exactly* the
>same fist.  We exchanged the normal information and signed.
>
>Of course, I *strongly* suspect both QSOs were with the same station &
>operator.  But I don't know anybody in this country - I'm quite certain
>this "extra" QSO was not arranged by anybody on the W1AW/4 team.  It
>happened solely on the initiative of the DX operator.  
>
>Now, this didn't affect the scores really at all...  besides the HQ
>station, we only worked three other stations in this country...  and as
>an interesting aside, we worked the HQ station on two other bands but 40
>CW was the only band where we worked the "regular* station in question.
>  
>

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