[CQ-Contest] Did I bust the call sign?

[Russell Hill]

I don't think so.  I see a penalty as being for claiming a Q that is 
incorrect, either intentionally or inadvertently.  You are not claiming the 
Q.

How about sending a checklog with just that Q on it, separate from your 
contest entry?

Just my opinion.

Rusty,
NA5TR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Art Boyars" <art.boyars at verizon.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Did I bust the call sign?


>I had trouble copying a certain guy's call in SS CW.  I was befuddled by 
>sleep deprivation, and I can't even remember if I was CQing or S&P.  I do 
>remember that I knew I had typed in the wrong call, and that I intended to 
>go back and fix it.  (I still find "logging behind" a lot harder with the 
>computer than I did with paper logs.  But I'm improving.)  I few QSOs later 
>I realized that I had not yet corrected the log, and I could not remember 
>the correct call sign!!  I scribbled a guess on a scrap of paper, but I 
>really did not know what was correct.  (After the 'Test I easily found the 
>correct call in ARRL's "Logs Received", but there is no way I would use 
>that info to create a valid QSO.)
>
> During the 'Test I decided that I should not claim credit for the QSO.  I 
> could not just delete it; that would give the other guy a NIL.  I figured 
> out that I could just change the call to the correct one, and change some 
> of the other report data to incorrect.  That way I would lose the one QSO, 
> but not get a penalty for busted call, and the other guy would properly 
> get credit for the QSO.
>
> But the more I thought, the more I got to the ethical question:  Did I 
> bust the call, and should I accept the penalty?
>
> What do you think?
>
> 73, Art K3KU
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