[CQ-Contest] Annoying trend

[asciibaron at comcast.net]

Ken, N2ZN wrote:

> Come on guys, GST (get your s**t together) and knock off the database stuff.  
> If I send my check during SSCW as 93 and you hear it as 93, but your database 
> says 94, which are you going to believe?


how is this any different that using SCP or the dupe feature in the logging software.  both of those features help to make it easier to operate in the contest.  sure there is a point when you have to believe what you hear, but sometimes the QRM is 20 over and you don't know what you heard because you were expecting something else.

all the guys who know you casually - are they going to be confused when you give them some random check number if they know you were licensed in 1994?  what is the point of purposefully using a random check every year - there must be a motive - seems petty to do it just to confuse the guy on the other end using a dB.  i sure hope you are able to keep up with your dupe sheet and you don't get a sore wrist from hand logging the calls.

-Steve, WM3O