[CQ-Contest] Automation = lost essential skills

[Maarten van Rossum]

Oeps, I spoke to soon. Check the rules FAQ, it clearly states what you
should do: http://cqww.com/rules_faq.htm
<http://cqww.com/rules_faq.htm>"Q I worked a station and they do not now
their CQ zone or they give me a serial number, what should I put in the
log?"
"A Log the zone base on their location"

The above seems pretty clear to me. However, this seems to contradict whit
what I've been hearing during some of the presentations. If my memory is
correct, Randy used to say "Log what was send".

73, Maarten PD2R


Op woensdag 20 november 2013 schreef Maarten van Rossum (
pd2r.maarten at gmail.com):

> Yes, it's simple, just log what was send.
> Of course you could try to explain to the other opp that you are not
> looking for a progressive serial number but for his CQ zone. You could even
> give him the hint that he's in CQ zone 14.
> But if he keeps sending "59 01" then that's what you should log.
>
> 73, Maarten PD2R
>
> Op woensdag 20 november 2013 schreef Cqtestk4xs at aol.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'Cqtestk4xs at aol.com');>(
> Cqtestk4xs at aol.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'Cqtestk4xs at aol.com');>):
>
>> When a "Sunday driver" guy calls me in the contest from DJ and  sends me
>> 5901 instead of 5914, that clearly is wrong.  You're saying that I
>>  should log
>> it as 5901 and not make the correction?
>>
>> K4XS
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/20/2013 2:12:05 P.M. Coordinated Universal Tim,
>> k5zd at charter.net writes:
>>
>> We had a  very good example of this in CQWW SSB.  7O2A was on the air
>>  from
>> Socotra Island in Yemen.  He clearly sent zone 37 for every QSO,  but many
>> operators went with the default zone filled in by their logging  software
>> (21)...  and lost the multiplier.
>>
>> Randy,  K5ZD
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: CQ-Contest  [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf
>> Of
>> >  kr2q at optimum.net
>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 1:57 AM
>> >  To: cq-contest at contesting.com
>> > Subject: [CQ-Contest] Automation = lost  essential skills
>> >
>> > I saw this on the NBC Nightly News today  (Nov 19) and the analogy to
>> > contesting immediately became  apparent.
>> >
>> > Of course, nobody dies using automation to work  DX.
>> >
>> > As one local in NJ put it, "Search and Pounce" has become  "Pounce."
>> >
>> > de Doug KR2Q
>> >
>> >
>> >  http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3032619/#53605685
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73, Maarten PD2R