[CQ-Contest] Do you have to log QSO times?

[J F]

Judging by some of the emails on just this reflector,
some folks computer times are not within 5 minutes or
sometimes five days...


--- "Paul T. Antos" <wb2abd at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> I don't remember the contest (probably something on
> 160M), but I had an LCR report once with mention
> that 2 Q's did not match in terms of a specified
> time period ( within 5min??). As I recall, I wound
> up using the paddle trying to break a pileup, and
> completed the QSOs without hitting <enter> to log
> the contact, which was done later. ( Silly, isn't
> it? ) I don't believe the Q's were dinged. I can
> visualize two logs having different times for the
> same contact - the running station already has you
> logged sending his exchange, then responds to your
> request for repeats, which puts in a delay until you
> send your exchange, putting a different time in your
> log.
> 
> My ancient SS memories recall having to send the
> time of the contact as part of the exchange, which
> really flustered newby-me, because my time and the
> received time almost never matched.  Oh Oh, what do
> I do now?
> 
> ABD
> 
> > My initial reaction was "of course you need to
> > log the time for every QSO!"
> 
> 
> Well, Ken, back before you were born it was a common
> practice to log the 
> time only every 5 or 10 minutes.  It's possible the
> ARRL has not adjusted 
> the language to be more specific.  We take a lot for
> granted in the 
> generation of computer logging.  It's not like the
> good old days.
> 
> Gramps, N5OT 
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