[CQ-Contest] End of contest and rewriting log

[Radio K0HB]

I personally feel that SCP borders on "assistance" because it provides 
information compiled from OTHER operators logs.

As regards auto-populated fields, if you "accepted" the input from the 
program during the contest (rather than copying what was sent) then going 
back to patch is post-contest is not within the rules.

My all time favorite contest is still Sweepstakes, because it requires the 
copy of non-predictable information such as Precedence and Check.  I 
deliberately change my check from year to year, just to confound the 
automagic loggers who have pre-loaded last years info.

73, de Hans, K0HB

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jeffrey Clarke
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 3:34 AM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] End of contest and rewriting log

I wonder how many stations from outside the USA go back thru their logs and
edit (correct) the zones of USA stations they work in CQWW DX ?   Is copying
the right zone, when you know what it is 99% of the time what it is as
important as having the correct call sign logged ?  I bet 99.9 % of us do
this even though I'm not sure if CQ even checks that.



Most of the programs I have used automatically enter the zone based on the
number in the call sign ( i.e. W1 = zone 5, W8 = zone 4  W6 = zone 3)  It's
pretty easy to just keep on hitting the enter key (using ESM in N1MM logger)
especially when you have a good rate going and the adrenaline is flowing.
I bet this happens all the time with my call since I have a W8 call and live
in GA (zone 5) .



Plus there are tools like super check partial which will help you guess a
call sign/exchange when that station is barely readable. Is doing this or
using a tool like SCP ethical ?







Jeff KU8E

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