[CQ-Contest] Valid SS QSO

[I H]

When I heard him, a W6 asked him what year he was first licensed and he said "xx or yy I don't remember the year."(I'm not going to post the actual numbers he said) The very next qso someone asked him the year he was first licensed and he said, in a bewildered tone, "Of course I'm licensed" and then continued to give just a serial number and precedence. 

I understand your technique of extracting the info out of the casual operators cruising the band, there may be a few pieces of lumber hanging on the wall of my shack. ;-)

So getting back to my original question, should the qso be counted if he wasn't giving the whole exchange and or once in a while just coming up with a check that changed several times as the contest progressed. (something I heard him a do a couple of times in the five minutes I listened to him). How would the log checking software know what check was really the correct one if the guy doesn't submit his log.

 I wonder how many guys will be bummed if the qso isn't counted.







> I worked the same guy because I needed KP4 for a multiplier.
> He gave me
> his call, a number and precedent. I stuck with it and asked
> him for the
> "year he was first licensed" and "confirm
> you're in Puerto Rico". You
> have to pull it out of them just like the guy who answers
> your CQ with
> "I'm not in the contest - just calling to give you
> a point". You walk
> them through step-by-step. It's all good as long as the
> required
> information is exchanged.
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> I try to take a bit of time with the "not in the
> contesters", especially
> if he sounds like a newbie. There is at least a spark of
> interest there
> because he took the time to call. Maybe that Check 07 or 08
> that you
> helped walk through the exchange this year will become a
> contesting
> regular. 
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> 73,
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> Will AA4NC / W4MR
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> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:03:11 -0800 (PST)
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> During SS phone last weekend I heard a KP4 sending only his
> serial
> number and precedent. He didn't give a check or
> section. Will it be
> counted as a valid qso? If it isn't, I wonder how many
> will miss the
> sweep because of it.
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> There were a lot of guys needing the PR section when he
> showed up on 20M
> late Sunday afternoon, so the pile up was pretty big. I
> chose not to try
> and work the guy and took a chance on finding another one
> later in the
> contest. I got lucky and worked PR with less than a half
> hour left
> Sunday evening for the sweep.
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> So what do you guys think, should it be counted or not?
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> Ian - K8MM
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> Will