[CQ-Contest] Perils of online spotting

[Mike Fatchett W0MU]

What call did you copy and log?

On 2/23/2011 1:07 PM, Timothy.Urban at wc.ey.com wrote:
> Dumb newbie question - testing out DX Summit during the recent ARRL CW DX
> contest, I happened upon a spot entered by a Canadian station for P75P,
> with the country indicated as North Korea.
>
> Later, I noticed that nobody else during the contest had spotted a North
> Korean station, which made me suspicious.
>
> Even later I noticed that there was another station spotted that was PZ5P,
> from Surinam.
>
> QRZ lists a PZ5P, but no P75P.
>
> Should I assume that the North Korean spot was a busted call?
>
> thx
>
> Tim
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