[CQ-Contest] Station not giving a check or section

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I am sure the log checking software does not take into account "good
intentions"
Other rare sections stations didn't need to work split when the piles were
so crazy in order to not be covered by the QRM of the callers and we all had
to listen for QRP's and VE's. Do you think he was the only station with
pile-ups?
He didn't send the required contest exchange correctly, the contacts should
not count. Period.
If the ARRL lets this go, guess what will happen next time? 
The rules state - NO CHECK, NO SECTION = NO QSO.
If we missed any part of the receiving stations exchange, we told the
station, NO QSO, please try later. We did not log a partial QSO.

Paul K2DB @ K2NNY

-----Original Message-----
From: Felipe J Hernandez [mailto:fhdez at islandnetjm.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:08 AM
To: I H; cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Station not giving a check or section

THere where only 2 or 3 kp4's active.
I was one of them, I suspect that maybe trying to save time he cut it short,
the piles were so crazy
that we had to work split in order not to be covered by the QRM of the
callers..
It was difficult since I had to listen for QRP's and VE's to give the
opportunity to as many guys in all classes.

If my testimonial helps in any way there was a logical explanation of what
you heard, Im sure that he gave the rest of the information maybe not all
the time but Im sure that everyone that worked him got the whole thing
otherwise the software wouldhave not logged the entry.

Perhaps the ARRL can understand the good intentions...


Felipe
NP4Z



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: I H 
  To: cq-contest at contesting.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:32 PM
  Subject: [CQ-Contest] Station not giving a check or section



  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.

  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.

  So what do you guys think, should it be counted or not?

  Ian - K8MM


        
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