[CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors

[Kenneth E. Harker]

On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 09:06:08AM -0000, Albert Crespo wrote:
> People with long calls increase the rate of error that the other station 
> will bust their call. If I  find in my log  something like  KZ0ZZZ , it is 
> more likely to be a product of fatigue at my end then a correct call..
> If you love your long call, then so be it. But remember you will be more 
> likely to get a NIL and no credit for QSOs  then somebody with a call like 
> HC8A.

This is the third or fourth email in the past couple of days where the 
poster assumes that a busted call sign will result in a Not In Log 
penalty.  Which is not true at all.  If somebody busts your call sign, 
_they_ get penalized for the error, not you.



> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Haavisto" <kamham69 at gmail.com>
> To: "Fabian Kurz" <mail at fkurz.net>
> Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 11:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spotting Errors
> 
> 
> >
> > Hi Fabian
> >
> > Since you know there are issues with your call, perhaps you could get
> > a "contest" callsign?  Use your other call the rest of the time...
> >
> > My first call was VE3HHS (try THAT in a contest!)  Bad on phone, worse
> > on CW.  I was very happy to trade that one in once I realized how bad
> > it was :-)
> >
> > Tom - VE3CX
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Nowadays it's easy to get a "vanity call" in DL (although there is no
> >> official vanity programme like in the US) but I really don't want to
> >> give up my call. Guess I'll use it as a comfortable excuse for my poor
> >> contest results for the next few decades :-)
> >>
> >> (This also brings up the topic of the 'perfect' CW callsign. After
> >> many years of intensive research, mainly with RufzXP, I have not come
> >> to a definite conclusion yet why some callsigns are easy to copy at
> >> ridiculous speeds and others are simply impossible...)
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> --
> >> Fabian Kurz, DJ1YFK * http://fkurz.net/
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