[CQ-Contest] 1980s checks in SS/SSB.

[Alan Dewey via CQ-Contest]

I've said this before.  I don't user pre-fill data bases to prevent me from having to copy.  I use them 
to reduce the amount of TYPING I have to do.  I still think it is important that every exchange be copied 
every time.  It's just that, if it matches what is on your pre-fill, what type it again?  
 
Does contesting really need to be a test of how fast you can accurately type?
 
Lots of guys changed thier check in SS this year.  Nothing wrong with that in my opinion.  

73,

Al, K0AD
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Chudek <Robert.Chudek at gmail.com>
To: cq-contest <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Fri, Nov 21, 2014 1:50 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] 1980s checks in SS/SSB.


My personal preference is not using any of these "crutches" for 
contesting. This puts me in the "active decoding" state while logging 
QSOs, where a mistake (bust) is fully attributable to my skill. It is 
too easy to fall into false sense of security of a "Check this and while 
you're at it, check that" database fever and not even pay attention to 
what the program puts into the RX field.

But that's just my style, I guess.  I love CW!

73 de Bob - KØRC in MN

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On 11/21/2014 7:10 AM, Richard Ferch wrote:
> K0RC wrote:
>
>> Actually, it's a know fact that _some_ operators change their check 
>> to try and thwart the "appliance contesters" out there. :-)
>
> This is a classic example of cutting off your nose to spite your face. 
> The person who is hurt most by this is likely to be the person who 
> changes their check every year, because of increased requests for 
> repeats as compared with someone whose exchange is more predictable.
>
> 73,
> Rich VE3KI
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