[CQ-Contest] Logs - Upload don't email

Robert Chudek - K0RC k0rc at citlink.net
Wed Jun 12 22:28:23 EDT 2013


There must be some kind of ''hex' on the 2012 ARRL 10m Contest. I looked 
for my position and UBN report and found nothing. It appears I forgot to 
send mine in too, although I did claim a score on our club website. It 
wasn't a great effort, but I did make a little over 300 QSOs that weekend.

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 6/12/2013 8:34 PM, Luc Moreira wrote:
> Unintentional not send in the log is the most tragic event for a
> serious contester.
>
> On ARRL SSB 2012, we participated as M/S team from PW7T. I was sure
> that I sent the log (we claimed 3rd place SA), but our callsign didn't
> show on results. I asked Sean about our log, and He said none log was
> received from us.
>
> That was weird. So, I search my sent email and surprise surprise! Log
> was there as DRAFT MESSAGE. For unknown reason, the mail wasn't sent,
> but archived. What a shame on me when I try to explain that to my team
> peers!
>
> As a contester, learning is my life!
>
> Now, at PW7T what ever contest we participate, first task when time is
> up is sync all logs across computers, export cabrillo and send in the
> log. So, under 20min we have all done and we feel that contest really
> ended.
>
> My advice is: send in your log as soon as you put the last station into log.
>
> 73, Luc
> __
> PW7T Team member
> WRTC.2006 Brazilian Referee
> WRTC.2010 Brazilian Team Leader
> PY8AZT (also PT7AG, R37U, ZY7C, PX8C, ZZ8Z)
> LABRE, ARRL, CWJF & Fortaleza DX Group Member
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Sean Cavanaugh <seanc at unixgeeks.ca> wrote:
>> Most servers send back a Delivery Status Notification (DSN) saying the mail was undeliverable. I'm rather surprised the ARRL server doesn't, as it is very useful for both informing someone they sent the message to the wrong address, and for diagnosing any mail delivery problems that occur. It also violates the applicable standards (RFC 5321), but it seems a lot of people are willing to throw the baby out with the bathwater when it comes to fighting spam.
>>
>> 73,
>> Sean - VA5LF
>>
>> On 2013-06-12, at 6:08 AM, w5gn at mxg.com wrote:
>>
>>> Since it was not correctly addressed to a valid postbox at ARRL.ORG,
>>> the ARRL email server couldn't/wouldn't reply - I'm certain that domain
>>> (and every email domain) gets sent THOUSANDS of emails sent to
>>> "something"@xxxx.com", as spammers iterate that "something" trying
>>> to find a valid address, and it's certainly not in anyone's interest
>>> to send back another email that their "something" is not valid.
>>>
>>>
>>> Barry, EI/W5GN
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Frank Hunt
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2013 12:15 AM
>>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Logs - Upload don't email
>>>
>>> I'm pleased to note that more and more contest organisers have a log upload facility rather than just accepting log email attachments. In view of what happened to me recently I will be uploading when ever possible.
>>>
>>> My wee tale of woe - as usual operated in the 2012 ARRL 10m contest, sent my log by email and sat back. Having just checked the scores I noted my log was not counted. A little research revealed that I had sent my log to 10m at arrl.org instead of 10meter at arrl.org. Okay it's all my fault, but surprisingly the ARRL email server didn't send me a "your email is undeliverable" message.
>>>
>>> I'm annoyed with myself because my log of 919 contacts and claimed score of 441,100 would have been the second highest DX CW HP score.
>>>
>>> Had a quad heart bi-pass operation just four weeks before the contest, so was feeling quite pleased with myself that I had managed to operate for 30 hours.
>>>
>>> Oh well, there's always another year, but you can betcha I'll be uploading my log not emailing it!
>>>
>>> 73, Frank ZM2B/ZL2BR
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