[CQ-Contest] Automation = lost essential skills

[ve4xt at mymts.net]

How does all this reconcile with the idea a QSO only happens when both stations SEND, receive, log and ack the exchange and callsign information correctly. 

Does a Q exist if one station does not send the exchange correctly?

73, Kelly
ve4xt

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> On Nov 20, 2013, at 17:24, "Maarten van Rossum" <pd2r.maarten at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hans,
> 
> I completely agree. But unfortunately the answer I wrote in my email is the
> official answer of the CQWW contest committee.
> 
> 73, Maarten PD2R
> 
> Op woensdag 20 november 2013 schreef Radio K0HB (kzerohb at gmail.com):
> 
>> Bad answer.
>> 
>> I do not carry in my head a reliable Prefix-to-Zone lookup table, and I am
>> not about to consult a wall map in the heat of the contest, so the correct
>> answer is "Log the zone based on what the station transmits".
>> 
>> 73, de Hans, K0HB
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Maarten van Rossum
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 7:00 PM
>> To: Cqtestk4xs at aol.com ; CQcontest Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Automation = lost essential skills
>> 
>> Oeps, I spoke to soon. Check the rules FAQ, it clearly states what you
>> should do:
>> 
>> "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"
>> 
>> 
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> 73, Maarten PD2R
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