[CQ-Contest] Error free RBN

[Hal Kennedy]

I may be by myself all alone out in the woods with this opinion, but I 
like the RBN having errors.  The "image problem" is probably something 
worth filtering out to the degree technically possible, but the rest?  I 
like the errors.

As a usually-assisted operator, one of my discriminators, just as in 
unassisted, is experience.  I know A LOT of the calls by heart, I can do 
"off-by-one" in my head.  I know how strong particular stations and 
stations in general should be at any given hour, and who has clix, who 
goes slow and who goes fast, and I also know how RBN errors tend to look 
in real-time and over time.  This allows me to mentally filter the 
errors out.

I'd like to continue to see operators have to actually copy the callsign 
and exchange to be sure, and to keep their UBN under control - which 
goes away with error-free data.  I like the errors, they benefit those 
who have put in the work and and are willing to copy it all, when others 
can't or won't.  I also think (or hope?) the errors encourage others to 
pick up their game.

With the best of intentions....

73,
Hal
N4GG