[CQ-Contest] [RTTY] NA Sprint RTTY Log Check Report Analysis

[Ed Muns]

You're right ... K0YR did not submit a log, so log checking used the QSOs
from the received logs to determine his sent exchange.  Far more people
logged 'TOM' with the letter 'O' and that is more logical for a name anyway.
HOWEVER, my recording of the contest also shows that K0YR was sending 'T0M'
with a zero, so it is easy to just click in the exchange and not notice the
zero.  Using slashed fonts is highly recommended and may have helped in this
case.  Also, those who used a pre-fill database that had 'TOM' with the
letter 'O' would have fared better ... one of the few cases where relying on
pre-fill rather than what was actually sent is good!

73,
Ed
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Ed Muns - W0YK
www.w0yk.com 

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com 
> [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Levine
> Sent: Friday, 29 October, 2010 06:06
> To: CQ Contesting Reflector; RTTY Reflector
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] NA Sprint RTTY Log Check Report Analysis
> 
> I looked on the web site at the 
> http://www.ncjweb.com/rttysprintlogs.php so if it up to date 
> with the latest contest logs submitted, I don't see K0YR 
> listed as sending in a log. If that's the case, how is my 
> (and others) logged exchange inaccurate? What is the 
> comparison against - logs from an earlier contest?
> 
> David - K2DSL
> 
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Ed Muns <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, this is the crucial question.  Understand that log checking is 
> > going to give the nod to the sent exchange when the 
> received exchange 
> > differs.  But ... that doesn't mean the sent exchange is what is in 
> > the sender's log!
> >  So,
> > sometimes the innocent (who truly logged what was sent) 
> gets dinged.  
> > Life is unfair, but trust me, far more log check errors are in your 
> > favor than vice versa.
> >
> > 73,
> > Ed
> > -------------------------
> > Ed Muns - W0YK
> > www.w0yk.com
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rtty-bounces at contesting.com
> > > [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Iain 
> MacDonnell - 
> > > N6ML
> > > Sent: Thursday, 28 October, 2010 21:18
> > > To: Hank Garretson
> > > Cc: David Levine; CQ Contesting Reflector; RTTY Reflector
> > > Subject: Re: [RTTY] NA Sprint RTTY Log Check Report Analysis
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Hank Garretson 
> <w6sx at arrl.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Iain MacDonnell - N6ML 
> > > > <ar at dseven.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I thought I must have manually typed it (as opposed to 
> clicking 
> > > >> on it), and goofed, but apparently he really was 
> sending sending "T0M"
> > > >> (with a zero).
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > A good reason to use a slash-zero font in your print window.
> > >
> > > But that brings up the age-old question ... do you log 
> what he sent, 
> > > or what you think is what he really meant to send?
> > >
> > >     ~Iain / N6ML
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