[CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 49, Issue 31

[Paul J. Piercey]

This reminds me of the "Great Debate of 2006" when some were questioning the
"legality" of using random digits in SS to represent their first year of
licencing.

According to the NAQP rules:

"Exchange: Operator name and station location (state, province or country)
for North American stations; operator name only for non-North American
stations. If the name sent is changed during the contest, as sometimes
happens with multi-operator stations, the name used for each QSO must be
clearly identified in the log."

Personally, I really wouldn't care as long as it was consistant but,
according to my interpretation of the rule stated above, you can use a
different name for each contact as long as it's identified in the log. 

Either way, the object of the exercise is to copy the given information
correctly, not the information found in a database. Frankly, it may be
better to use random information in order to make the report practical. I
heard an obviously female voice operating NQ4I and giving "Rick" as the
name. Bet that confused a few.

Again, it doesn't matter to me but I find it interesting.

73 -- Paul VO1HE  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of 
> Hershel L. Kreis, Jr.
> Sent: January 22, 2007 18:26
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Cc: nn3w at cox.net
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] CQ-Contest Digest, Vol 49, Issue 31
> 
> 
> > After 13 hours of flying and being sick yesterday, I 
> finally got a chance to look at some contest-related email.  Wow.
> >
> > I've received not one, not two, not three, but four emails 
> asking me to confirm name and state information from the 
> NAQP.  Obviously what they heard in the contest does not 
> match what they're seeing on qrz.com so they're "confused".  
> I'll guess that either 1) I'll delete them or 2) tell them 
> the day after the logs are due.
> >   
> Rich, I personally thought it was funny to get you as "that name" 
> instead of Rich as I know you.  I know that I did a double 
> take before I called you as I heard you working someone else. 
>  The call was familiar, but the name threw me.  I, like you, 
> was fighting a cold, so I listened to one more QSO before I 
> jumped in.  You using that name was no 
> different from the CO stations last year using "Bronco".   I 
> personallly 
> use "Lee" instead of my first name because it is much easier 
> to spell and keeps me from having to repeat the spelling over 
> and over.  I threw WX3B and W4MYA for a loop because those 
> guys know my real name and they had already typed it in .  To 
> those who are confused or just didn't 
> listen to you, that is their loss.   They should not be 
> massaging their 
> logs anyway.
> 
> Again, Rich, I want to applaud you on your creativity.
> 
> Hershel
> W4TMN
> 
> 
> *GO PVRC!!!*
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