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Reason and common sense.  No place for that here, Tim!


73, de Hans, K0HB/K7
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On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa at gmail.com> wrote:

>> [Field Day] The rules are clear that Class D are not supposed to work
> Class D!
> The rules are clear that Class D working Class D doesn't count for any
> points. But... I think it would be entirely in the spirit of the activity
> to work them, put them in the log, and enjoy the QSO nonetheless.
> You can't actually "know" that the other guy is class D until you work him
> so it's not quite the same as the original example of DX contest.
> Most logging software makes it easy to put a zero-pointer in the log. No
> contest I know of will issue any penalty for these showing up in the
> Cabrillo. (Paper log check rules may be different). But from some of the
> arguments I've heard on the air just this past weekend and past contests
> over the years, some logging software may not allow zero-pointer or dupe. I
> heard a long minute long conversation between two well-known stations about
> a NIL, where one was insisting that they can just work the dupe and put it
> in again, and the other insisting no it is impossible for him to work a
> dupe.
> Tim N3QE
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