[CQ-Contest] Error free RBN

[Joe]

I'd rather have it pass along the errors  then the click and shoot folk 
that don't COPY what is sent get the dings.

Joe WB9SBD
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On 7/16/2013 12:53 PM, Barry wrote:
> How would it filter out commonly miscopied calls such as LW3LPL and 
> JH3CTQ (the latter being human error)?
> Barry W2UP
>
> On 7/16/2013 10:41, Hal Kennedy wrote:
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
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