[CQ-Contest] A Contester's Dilemma...

[Eric Rosenberg]

I, too, live in a rare mult (Washington, DC) for some contests (ARRL 10, RTTY Roundup and DX; CQ 160) and run into the dilemma Dennis refers to. 

My answer is the same as Steve's, although I more often than not do not send "NIL NIL TRY LATER 73..." as that all too often has resulted in the other station thinking that the Q is good!  I either move on to the next station or take an extra beat and then move on. 

Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC  


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>Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:34:34 -0700
From: Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] A Contester's Dilemma, or when is it  
 necessary to take the fall for someone else?
To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>

>If you work someone, and they have been given the impression that the QSO was completed successfully (i.e. by completing it with "TU N2IC SS"), then you are obligated to leave the QSO in your log. If you cannot complete a QSO, then make it very clear that it is a busted QSO (i.e. "K2QRP NIL NIL TRY LATER 73 N2IC SS").

73,
Steve, N2IC