[CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors

[Robert Chudek - K0RC]

Andy,

When it becomes apparent you've been spotted wrong, besides laying on the 
QSO B4 macro is there the option of simply QSYing 20 KHz and begin running 
there? What are the trade-offs?

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Faber" <andrewfaber at ymail.com>
To: "K0HB" <K0HB at ARRL.ORG>; "Bob Schreibmaier" <k3ph at ptd.net>; 
<cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 3:10 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors


> You think you had problems?  I was spotted, I think, 7 times as P40Y and
> twice as PV9Y.  I ended up logging 160 dupes, though sometimes I was so
> angry that I put on my QSO B4 message instead.  It's very frustrating,
> particularly when you send your call after virtually every contact.  And 
> it
> does impact my score, not to mention all those who will get Not in Log
> deductions.
>  73, andy, ae6y, p49y
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "K0HB" <kzerohb at gmail.com>
> To: "Bob Schreibmaier" <k3ph at ptd.net>; <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 7:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors
>
>
>> You shouldn't get NIL'ed, but they will get hit for a busted call.
>>
>> 73 de Hans, K0HB
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Bob Schreibmaier" <k3ph at ptd.net>
>> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 6:59 PM
>> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors
>>
>>> After the contest, I checked to see how many times
>>> K3PS was spotted.  It seems that K3PS was spotted
>>> twice -- both during MY Sunday afternoon run on
>>> 14048.7.  No wonder I had 28 dupes on 20 meters!
>>> A whole bunch of people thought they were working
>>> K3PS instead of K3PH!
>>>
>>> I'm sure this is not the first time something like
>>> this has happened.  But, it sure rubs me the wrong
>>> way.  Suspect I'm going to get a lot of NILs from
>>> the log checker on this one.
>>>
>>> And so it goes.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Bob
>>> K3PH
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> +----------------------------------------------+
>>> | Bob Schreibmaier K3PH | E-mail: k3ph at ptd.net |
>>> | Kresgeville, PA 18333 | http://www.dxis.org  |
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