[CQ-Contest] Chasing W1AW Stations

[Ron Notarius W3WN]

General Unstated Rule #1 in just about all contests (and yes, I know it's stated in many if not most):
 
Copy the exchange that is being sent.
 
General Unstated Rule #2:
 
If you choose NOT to copy the exchange that was sent, but to use a pre-fill, or do a lookup from a callsign database, or use any other source to figure out information from the exchange... and get it wrong...
 
See General Unstated Rule #1.
 
73


On 09/15/14, Gerry Hull wrote:

Agreed.

I operate from home in NH, Remotely from VT, and from many other places as
a guest op... esp. in Sweepstakes. I'd bet at least 2% or more of the
stations who work me get the state/section wrong because they ignore what
is sent and just use the auto-fill. It's a bad habit.

73, Gerry W1VE


On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Charles Harpole <hs0zcw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dave, I try to copy what is sent, including those stupid cut numbers.......
> just what comes in goes into my log.
> The way the old telegraphers had to do. Charly​
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:33 AM, David Siddall <hhamwv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I reviewed my 2014 ARRL DX contest LCR and was puzzling over how so
> > many contestants not only got my state wrong, but almost always
> > inserted "VA" even though I am "K3" ZJ. It's not SCP because I
> > haven't operated from "VA" for a very long time . . . . Furthermore,
> > this mistake almost always was by a station that CALLED ME during a
> > run. So I have to assume that they could hear me well, and even if
> > they didn't, I was giving out my state repeatedly so they could stay
> > on frequency until they got it.
> >
> > Now I understand -- my FCC license address is in VA where I reside,
> > even though I rarely (almost never) operate from that state. Instead
> > of entering what they hear, they either enter my licensed address or
> > accept it if it is pre-filled by this software.
> >
> > I guess this works for 90+ percent of the time. But entering what one
> > actually copies is the objective.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Dave K3ZJ
> >
> >
> > > On Sep 14, 2014, at 12:09 AM, "Radio K0HB" <kzerohb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > My logger, Log4OM, does an instant lookup at QRZ as soon as the cursor
> > leaves the callsign field, and rotates my antenna based on the grid
> lookup.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 73, de Hans, K0HB
> > > "Just a Boy and his Radio"
> > > 7⃣3⃣
> > >
> > >> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:04 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I suppose he could have a callbook on his computer,, that would be
> fast
> > >> enough I guess? Going to qrz seems that it would be too slow ya know?
> > >> Joe WB9SBD
> > >> Sig
> > >> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> > >> Idle Tyme
> > >> Idle-Tyme.com
> > >> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> > >>> On 9/13/2014 10:42 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
> > >>> Sat and listened to him do it for at least 15 minutes before I broke
> > >>> his pile up.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> 73, de Hans, K0HB
> > >>> "Just a Boy and his Radio"
> > >>> 7⃣3⃣
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:40 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net
> > >>> <mailto:nss at mwt.net>> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>> That fast?
> > >>> He was running pretty fast probably a qso rate of ohhh180 to 200 a
> > >>> hour,at least 3 a minute.
> > >>>
> > >>> Joe WB9SBD
> > >>> Sig
> > >>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> > >>> Idle Tyme
> > >>> Idle-Tyme.com
> > >>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> > >>>> On 9/13/2014 8:49 PM, Dan Violette wrote:
> > >>>> Joe, He probably did not personally know you but looked you up
> > >>> live on QRZ.
> > >>>> Dan KI6X
> > >>>>
> > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > >>>> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On
> > >>> Behalf Of Joe
> > >>>> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 7:45 AM
> > >>>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> > >>>> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Chasing W1AW Stations
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I know off topic some, But I just worked w1aw/0 at 14:24 on
> > >>> 18133 Worked him
> > >>>> first call and re replied with the reply etc. but then called me
> > >>> by name,, I
> > >>>> have no idea who the op right now is. And unlike many of the other
> > >>>> operations I can't find a online schedule of what op's have what
> > >>> time slots.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I'd like to know who the op is.:-)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Joe WB9SBD
> > >>>> --
> > >>>> Sig
> > >>>> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> > >>>> Idle Tyme
> > >>>> Idle-Tyme.com
> > >>>> http://www.idle-tyme.com
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> Charly, HS0ZCW
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