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

[Kelly Taylor]

I would argue that anyone who clarified a written entry during the dupe sheet process in the paper days (based perhaps on a scribble to the side or maybe just on knowledge of their own penmanship) really can't complain about a paper note during real time being used to correct a log afterwards. 

This isn't a typing contest. If you copied it and recorded it correctly real time, in some manner, you're good, in my view. 

Anyone, however, is always free to impose upon themselves as tough a restriction as they choose. 

73, Kelly
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Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 4, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Dick Green <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's still in the rules for ARRL Sweepstakes (rule 2.7). I thought it was in the WPX rules, but I don't see it there.
> 
> 73, Dick WC1M
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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> On Aug 4, 2012, at 3:47 AM, "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> There is no way to put listening time into a cabrillo log.  The log
>> checkers run their own time calculation off the cabrillo.  So is the
>> listening time rule still on the books?  If it is, it can't be sent in
>> or tabulated.  I don't think I've seen that in rules in a long time.
>> Someone know better?
>> 
>> 73, Guy.
>> 
>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Dick Green <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Depends on the contest and whether you count the editing time as part of the break.
>>> 
>>> If it's an unlimited operating time contest, like CQ WW, then editing during the contest could cut into your operating time, rate, number of QSOs, etc., so it's perfectly OK. If it happens that the editing occurs during a break in which you wouldn't be operating anyway (bands closed, too tired, etc.), then that's OK, too. Bottom line, if you edit during the contest, it's OK.
>>> 
>>> But if it's a time-limited contest, like WPX or SS, then if you edit during break time you are effectively extending your operating time past the limit, so it's not OK. It's true that the loggers don't start your operating clock until the first QSO after a break, but the rules always say that "listening counts as operating" and the log is supposed to reflect that. I would say "editing counts as operating.
>>> 
>>> 73, Dick WC1M
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>> On Aug 3, 2012, at 3:27 PM, "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olinger at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>>>> How would you view editing them coming back from a break, but before
>>>> you started calling CQ again?
>>>> 
>>>> 73, Guy.
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Dick Green <wc1m73 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've never been in favor of super-strict interpretation of the rules, but I think one can make a legitimate argument that *any* editing of the log after the contest constitutes operating outside the time limits of the contest.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Consider this: you typo when entering a call and notice it a few QSOs later. You make a note to correct the log entry after the contest. Why didn't you stop and make the correction when you noticed it? Ah, but that would have caused you to lose time that you would otherwise have spent working stations or looking for new ones. If you were running stations at 200/hr, your rate would drop precipitously and you would lose several QSOs while editing. In effect, you are using time after the contest to maintain rate and work more stations during the contest.
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