[CQ-Contest] Not in LOG

[Doug Smith W9WI]

On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 09:29, Jan Erik Holm wrote:
> So someone makes 5000 Q´s, during that time he/she has a
> computer glitch and 25 goes bye bye, he/she should then
> due to that just submit a check log.
> Well I´m very very sorry but that scenario isn´t even
> close to be close in being fair to me.

Is it fair to penalize the 25 guys whose QSOs vanished?  (and in some
contests, to penalize them an additional 3 QSOs?)  Possibly even a
multiplier or two?  It could be the difference between a plaque and 2nd
place, between top-10 status and also-ran.  
 
> On the other hand, since these things aren´t uncommon,
> what the op could do is to indicate in his log that
> during a specific time frame he had a computer glitch
> and lost 25 Q´s, stations that worked him during that
> time frame would not get a NIL QSO.

Might this even become apparent to logcheckers, (or their software) at
least if enough QSOs were lost?  One might think that if 25 different
people claimed NIL QSOs with W9WI between 0930-1000z that it might be
apparent W9WI was actually on the air at that time.
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN  EM66
http://www.w9wi.com