[CQ-Contest] Why not work dupes?

[Hank Garretson]

When that happens to me, I sometimes send something to the effect:

NOT IN LOG HERE WORK AGAIN SO YOU DO NOT GET PENALIZED

That usually works. If not his loss, not mine.

Contest Exuberantly,

Hank, W6SX



On Sat, Dec 20, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Mike & Coreen Smith VE9AA <
ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:

> ARGH ! Just experienced this frustration this morning.
>
> Playing in the 9A CW contest.  Nothing even remotely serious, however as I
> S&P'd up the band trying "ESM" for the first time in N1MM+
>
> I came across a moderately well known central EU guy I had not worked
> before
> and he said "QSO B4" and I said "NO NO" and he said
>
> "YES YES YES, " and I said "NO" and he said "I was your QSO # 4", so I said
> "NO" and he said "SRI"..
>
>
>
> Now, normally I wouldn't have bothered one bit and moved on after the first
> QSO B4, but I was just trying ESM out for the first time and not at all
> serious, (I only had perhaps 10 Q's at this point) so I just sent "73 73"
> (got a nice 73 and GL back) and moved along making another dozen Q's before
> lunch.  I'll likely have <100 Q's by the time the contest is over.
>
>
>
> So, I double checked the 9A contest rules and I don't see DUPES mentioned.
> (do any contests still penalize you for working dupes since the computer
> was
> invented so many decades ago?)
>
>
>
> Like I said, normally I wouldn't have wasted the time, but I am not serious
> in this one, so, I missed a QSO and buddy in central EU will get dinged for
> 2 QSO's the way I see.  The other VE9 he apparently worked, but busted his
> callsign, and my missing QSO as he flatly refused to work me.
>
>
>
> What gives>?
>
>
>
> Is it some holdover by ancient OF's who always do/did paper logging and
> cannot get a grip on modern reality?
>
>
>
> I have to know.
>
>
>
> Mike VE9AA
>
>
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
>
> Keswick Ridge, NB
>
>
>
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