[CQ-Contest] Log checking with mismatched bands

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On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 11:37:07AM -0500, Ryan Jairam wrote:

> In Sweepstakes, the band doesn't matter because you can only work a
> station once regardless of band or mode.  I don't think that one
> mistake with the band should result in a NIL. In the heat of a contest
> sometimes you slip up, and if you don't have a CAT cable you can put
> the wrong band.  A whole log full? Definitely should be penalized,
> that's just carelessness.

If someone came to me and asked if an SS log could be accepted without
any band information - I would probably say "sure - why not?".  It has
no real bearing on the contest.

In a contest where you get mults for working guys on different bands
(like the NAQP) - the band really matters.  In a contest where you only
get QSO points for working guys again on different bands but not new
multipliers (like maybe the CQP) - I could probably go either way, but
it's just much easier in those cases to say a QSO did not occur if one
guy logs it on 20 meters and the other guy logs it on 15.  

Doens't happen often enough to lose sleep over.

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