[CQ-Contest] New CQ WW DX Rule Bans Post-Contest Log Changes

Stan Stockton wa5rtg at gmail.com
Wed Aug 1 17:52:18 PDT 2012


Thought it said database, recordings or confirming QSOs.  If so, make  
all the notes you want and fix post contest.  Should not be an issue

Stan, K5GO

Sent from Stan's IPhone



On Aug 1, 2012, at 6:07 PM, Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net> wrote:

> I would agree with Hans, but would add that the 'log' isn't just  
> what you
> type into the computer. I would argue that if you write out a note  
> during
> the contest correcting an entry, that note becomes part of your log no
> differently than if you had, in the paper days, scribbled a correction
> beside the log entry.
>
> I don't see scribbling that note as being any different than cursor- 
> arrow up
> to the correctable entry, knowing that some programs are easier to  
> edit on
> the fly than others. It shows you DID copy it correctly during the  
> contest.
>
> Does anyone have any problem with editing *during* the contest?  
> Let's say
> you log K0SB and then try to work K0HB later in the contest and get  
> a QSO
> B4, and are able to determine that you goofed the first time around.
>
> I don't think contests are typing competitions any more than  
> contests were
> penmanship competitions in the paper days.
>
> 73, kelly
> ve4xt
>
> On 8/1/12 4:48 PM, "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I would disagree that grooming your log /post contest/ with an audio
>> recording is acceptable.
>>
>> I believe that my log ought to reflect what I actually recorded IN  
>> THE HEAT
>> OF BATTLE.  No exceptions.
>>
>> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LY8O
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 6:57 PM
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] New CQ WW DX Rule Bans Post-Contest Log  
>> Changes
>>
>> Hello ALL,
>>
>> Because I can not believe I will be not able to use my own audio  
>> recordings
>> after the contest (what I am doing very rare and just for the really
>> questionable moments which are very few) I take a look to the
>> http://www.cqww.com/rules.php and has found something different  
>> from Phillip
>> was wrote.
>> Here is a part of the text:
>> "<snip> post-contest modification of a log by using data sources to  
>> correct
>> call sign/exchange errors and "rubber clocking" by the  
>> entrant." (chapter
>> XIII, part C, nr. 3).
>> There is nothing about usage of the own audio records... All other  
>> text is
>> 100% acceptable for me as well as a new log sending period of 5  
>> days (7
>> could be easier to remember for the human IMHO :) ).
>> Will look forward for more clear explanations from CC.
>>
>> 73, Remi LY8O
>>
>> ZL2TZE wrote:
>> New CQ WW DX Rule Bans Post-Contest Log Changes
>> Posted on Radio-sport.net
>> Along with instituting a new five day log submission deadline, the  
>> CQ WW
>> Contest Committee has included a specific rule change for the 2012  
>> CQ WW DX
>> Contests that seeks to crack down on post contest log changes.  
>> "Post-contest
>> correcting of call signs by using any database, recordings or  
>> confirming
>> QSO's
>> is not allowed."
>>
>>
>> 73 Phillip
>> ZL2TZE
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