[CQ-Contest] A Contester's Dilemma, or when is it necessary to take the fall for someone else?

[John Geiger]

Hi Dennis

It is both stations' responsibility to assume that the
QSO is complete.  If you didn't copy all of the
information for the other station, then by the
definition of the contest rules it isn't a completed
QSO, and they can't take credit for it or get the
multipier.  The station having trouble copying needs
to either keep asking for repeats, or just say
something like SRI SRI, LATER or something like that.

If you didn't copy all of their information, it isn't
a completed QSO, regardless of what the other station
thinks.

73s John AA5JG

--- Steve London <n2icarrl at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> Dennis McAlpine wrote:
> > Since moving to SC I have noticed that it is
> generally considered a pretty rare multiplier where
> states or sections are used as mults, e.g. SS, ARRL
> DX, etc.  That then raises the dilemma of when to
> sacrifice accuracy for the benefit of the other guy.
> > 
> > Several times during the recent CW SS, I was
> called by some weak signals that were in and out of
> the mud.  Try as I could, I was unable to copy their
> full exchange.  In several cases, they were sending
> a QRP precedence.  I think they copied my exchange
> ok since there was no request for repeats  (I
> think).  
> > 
> > Here's the dilemma (bet you never thought it was
> coming).  I know I should not count the contact
> since I am pretty sure I did not copy his exchange
> correctly.  But, if I delete the contact, that poor
> weak station might miss SC as a mult since I was one
> of relatively few SC stations on.  Particularly if
> he didn't go searching for another SC since he
> thought I would be his mult.  So, should I leave the
> QSO in the log knowing that it will probably be
> deleted from my score and I will lose mega points
> due to the penalty  (assuming that the log checkers
> actually find my error) but the poor little weak guy
> will get his SC mult?  
> > 
> > I wonder if Jay goes through this self questioning
> when he is operating from NT (or is it NWT?)?
> > 
> > For those who have persevered through this
> diatribe and need to know my answer, I opted to
> include several QSOs that probably had bad info in
> them, just so the other guy got credit for a rare
> mult.  So, Mr. Log Checker, see if you can find the
> hat.  Ah, yes, rarity has its downfalls too.
> > 
> > See ya in Phone SS (just a little) so you can have
> that rare SC mult.
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > Dennis, K2SX/4
> > Pawleys Island, SC (a.k.a. "a rare mult")
> > 
> > 
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