[CQ-Contest] Moral of the story...really?

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

I saw this when I was traveling between MT and CO.  People were getting 
wrong both ways, obviously using data from previous years.

Their loss.

Mike W0MU

On 2/28/2013 10:59 AM, kr2q at optimum.net wrote:
> RE:
> http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/cq-contest/2013-February/101503.html
>
> Barry's conclusion is to keep your files updated.  I ditto the "really" comment.
>
> The moral of the story is actually to copy what is sent and if you're using a logging app
> (who doesn't) ensure that "it" records what you HEARD.  If not, YOU need to manually
> overwrite it.
>
> Since it is impossible for everybody to be "updated" all the time, it is best to
> 1. Copy what is sent
> 2. Log what is sent (or at least look at what your s/w is filling in).
>
> If you think Barry's story is tough, what about NA2U who moved to the left coast, but for the
> contest, returned to NJ.  The db showed him as 03 but his real zone was 05..but just for
> that one contest.  You hear a W2, you hear zone 5, what could go wrong?  LOL.
>
> Lots of folks lost a qso (or many) because they let the s/w fill in the zone...not just those 2.
>
> de Doug KR2Q
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